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Triphosphane

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Related compounds
  
triazene

Appearance
  
Colourless gas

Formula
  
P3H5

Triphosphane (IUPAC systematic name) or triphosphine is an inorganic compound having the chemical formula HP(PH2)2. It can be generated from diphosphine but is highly unstable at room temperature:

2 P2H4 → P3H5 + PH3

Samples to date have been contaminated with P2H4 and P4H6 (both branched and linear isomers).

References

Triphosphane Wikipedia


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