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Preparation and Reactivity of a Triphosphenium Bromide Salt: A Convenient and Stable Source of Phosphorus(I)
Published on: November 22, 2016
2-Phenyl-imidazole dihydrogen phosphate phospho-ric acid
1Yuncheng University, College of Chemistry, Yuncheng 044000, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
The crystal structure of the title compound, C(9)H(9)N(2) (+)·H(2)PO(4) (-)·H(3)PO(4), is stabilized by N-H⋯O and O-H⋯O hydrogen-bonding inter-actions, resulting in a two-dimensional network.
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