Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Phosphonium
salt
:
A
salt
in which the
cation
has a
tetravalent
phosphorous atom that bears a positive
formal charge
.
General phosphonium
salt
structure
Methyl
tri
phenyl
phosphonium
iodide
Related terms:
R group
,
anion
,
phosphine
,
phosphonium ylide
,
Wittig reaction
,
oxaphosphetane
,
phosphine oxide
,
phosphate
,
phosphate group
,
phosphate ester
,
diphosphate
,
pyrophosphate
,
triphosphate
,
phosphodiester
,
phosphoric acid
,
phospholipid
,
phospholipid bilayer
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