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