Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Phosphine
oxide:
A
molecule
of general
structure
O=P
R
3
.
Tri
phenyl
phosphine
oxide (sometimes abbreviated as
Ph
3
PO
), a typical
phosphine
oxide.
Related terms:
R group
,
Ph
,
phosphine
,
phenol
,
phosphate
,
phosphodiester
,
phospholipid
,
phospholipid bilayer
,
phosphoric acid
,
phosphorylation
,
phosphonium salt
,
phosphonium ylide
,
Wittig reaction
,
oxaphosphetane
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