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Researchers at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics have designed a rhodium catalyst whose microenvironment is tuned by both sulfur and phosphine ligands, based on an industrial single-site ...

The formation of a phosphine oxide with its strong P=O bond is the driving force for the classical Wittig reaction, but is wasteful and can pose problems during purification. A new development ...

Sulfur, long feared as a "poison" that shuts down precious metal catalysts, can actually help them work better when ...

Phosphines are among the most important ligands for transition metal catalysis. Phosphines bind to a metal and modify its structure, reactivity, and selectivity. Many of the most practiced catalytic ...

Phosphine, a simple molecule consisting of three hydrogen atoms and one phosphorus atom, is thought to be created by anaerobic bacteria on Earth. Thus, it can be detected emanating from sewers and ...

An international team of astronomers detected phosphine (PH3) in the atmosphere of Venus. They studied the origin of phosphine, but no inorganic processes, including supply from volcanos and ...

Venus is often called Earth’s sister planet, a neighboring twin of similar density and size. But the resemblance stops there. As the hottest planet in our solar system, the choking Venusian atmosphere ...

Because ketones are widespread in organic molecules, chemists are eager to develop new reactions that use them to form chemical bonds. One challenging reaction is the one-electron reduction of ketones ...

In this experiment you will prepare a phosphine oxide - pentyldiphenylphosphine oxide. You will lithiate it and react this lithium derivative with anisaldehyde to prepare both syn and anti ...