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SUBMITTER: Wiesner A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6151472 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wiesner Anja A Steinhauer Simon S Beckers Helmut H Müller Christian C Riedel Sebastian S
Chemical science 20180823 36
A sustainable transformation of white phosphorus (P<sub>4</sub>) into chemicals of higher value is one of the key aspects in modern phosphorus research. Even though the chemistry of P<sub>4</sub> has been investigated for many decades, its chemical reactivity towards the simplest electrophile, the proton, is still virtually unknown. Based on quantum-chemical predictions, we report for the first time the successful protonation of P<sub>4</sub> by the Brønsted acid H[Al(OTeF<sub>5</sub>)<sub>4</su ...[more]