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Book SynopsisA concise but comprehensive annual survey of a vast field of study enabling the reader to rapidly keep abreast of the latest developments in this specialist area.
Table of ContentsPart 1 Phosphines and phosphonium salts, D.W.Allen: halogenophosphines; phosphorus compounds; phosphirenes, phospholes and phosphorines. Part 2 Pentaco-ordinated and hexaco-ordinated compounds, C.D.Hall: structure, bonding and ligand reorganization; acyclic phosphoranes; ring containing phosphoranes; hexaco-ordinate phosphorus compounds. Part 3 Phosphine oxides and related compounds, B.J.Walker: preparation of acyclic and cyclic phosphine oxides; structure and physical aspects; reactions at phosphorus and at the side-chain; phosphine oxide complexes and extractants. Part 4 Tervalent phosphorus acids, O.Dahl: nucleophilic reactions; electrophilic reactions; reactions involving two-co-ordinate phosphorus; miscellaneous reactions. Part 5 Quinquevalent phosphorus acids, R.S.Edmundson: phosphoric acids and their derivatives; phosphonic and phosphinic acids and their derivatives. Part 6 Nucleotides and nucleic acids, J.B.Hobbs: mononucleotides; nucleoside polyphosphates; oligo- and poly-nucleotides; analytical techniques and physical methods. Part 7 Ylides and related compounds, B.J.Walker: methylenephosphoranes; reactions of phosphonate anions; selected applications in synthesis. Part 8 Phosphazenes, C.W.Allen: acyclic phosphazenes; cyclophosphazenes; cyclophospha(thia)zenes; miscellaneous phosphazene-containing ring systems; poly(phosphazenes); molecular structures of phosphazenes. Part 9 Physical methods, J.C.Tebby: theoretical studies; nuclear magnetic resonance; electron spin resonance; vibrational and rotational spectroscopy; electronic spectroscopy; diffraction; dipole moments, Kerr effects, cyclic voltammetry and polarography; mass spectrometry; acidities, basicities and thermochemistry; chromatography; kinetics.
