Definition of Phosphines

1. Noun. (plural of phosphine) ¹

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Definition of Phosphines

1. phosphine [n] - See also: phosphine

Medical Definition of Phosphines

1. Inorganic or organic compounds derived from phosphine (ph3) by the replacement of h atoms. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phosphines

phosphides
phosphids
phosphin
phosphinane
phosphinate
phosphinates
phosphindole
phosphindoles
phosphindolizine
phosphindolizines
phosphine
phosphine imide
phosphine oxide
phosphine oxides
phosphine sulfide
phosphines (current term)
phosphinic
phosphinic acid
phosphinic acids
phosphinico-
phosphinidene
phosphinidenes
phosphinimide
phosphinine
phosphinite
phosphinites
phosphinoline
phosphinolines
phosphinolizine
phosphinolizines

Literary usage of Phosphines

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Treatise on General and Industrial Organic Chemistry by Ettore Molinari (1921)
"V. phosphines, ARSINES, AND ALKYL METALLIC COMPOUNDS Like ammonia, the hydrogen derivatives of phosphorus, arsenic, antimony, ete., give rise to alkyl ..."

2. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter, Richard Anschütz, Georg Schroeter (1899)
"The phosphorus bases or phosphines, obtained by the replacement of the hydrogen ... Moderate oxidation with nitric acid converts the primary phosphines into ..."

3. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds; Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1885)
"When the alkyl iodides act upon phosphine, tertiary phosphines and phosphonium ... Thenard (1846) first discovered the tertiary phosphines by acting upon ..."

4. Lecture Notes for Chemical Students by Edward Frankland (1881)
"Sodio Ethylic Triethyl Sodio arsenide. iodide. arsine. iodide. Primary and secondary phosphines are obtained by the action of ..."

5. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1891)
"When the alkyl iodides act upon phosphine, tertiary phosphines and phosphonium ... Thenard (1846) first discovered the tertiary phosphines by acting upon ..."

6. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1891)
"Through the introduction of alkyls (alcohol radicals), it acquires the strong basic character of ammonia; its derivatives— the phosphines or phosphorus ..."

7. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter, Richard Anschütz, Georg Schroeter (1900)
"(2) Tertiary phosphines and phosphonium iodides are produced by heating phos- phonium iodide ... Fuming nitric acid oxidizes the primary phosphines to alkyl ..."

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