Title: phosphine oxides
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - phosphine oxides
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.P04552
Status: current

Definition
Compounds having the structure $\ce{R3P=O  R3P^{+}–O^{−}}$ (analogously, phosphine imides and phosphine sulfides).

Related Terms
- imides: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/I02948
- sulfides: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/S06102

Source
- PAC, 1995, 67, 1533. 'Use of immunoassays for the analysis of pesticides and some other organics in water samples (Technical Report)' on page 1537 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567081533)

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Citation: Citation: 'phosphine oxides' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.P04552
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