Phosphorus

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• Chemists create new types of Lewis acids
  

  Researchers at the University of Münster have developed a method which makes it possible to create three-coordinate Lewis superacids on the basis of phosphorus. Previously, it had not been possible to isolate this type of compound, either in a liquid or in a solid state, due to its extreme electroph more

• First synthesis of a cationic tetrahedral cluster in solution
  

  Main-group atoms often occur in small clusters, which can be neutral, negative or positive charged. The best known neutral cluster-tetrahedron is white phosphorus (P4), but other tetrahedra can also be isolated. They are four-atom molecules whose spatial arrangement corresponds to a tetrahedron of e more

• Efficient catalyst for water splitting
  

  Chemists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed an efficient water splitting catalyst as part of a collaborative international research effort. The catalyst comprises a double-helix semiconductor structure encased in carbon nitride. It is perfect for producing hydrogen economical more

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Infographics Phosphorus

The Chemistry of Matches

Matches, as it turns out, have been around for a long time. Sulfur-based matches are mentioned as far back as the 1200s in texts of the time, and in the 1600s a process involving drawing sulfur matches through dried phosphorus-soaked paper was devised. However, the friction matches we’re used to hav more

Group 5 Elements

The latest of the element infographics looks at the Group 5 elements. There is, once again, an interesting fact that I couldn’t quite fit in, or left out at the expense of others: Bismuth-209 was long thought to have heaviest stable nucleus of any element, until 2003 when it was determined by French more

The Chemical Elements of a Smartphone

There are an isolated few graphics online that look at elements involved in the manufacture of a smartphone – for example, this ‘Periodic Table of iPhones’ – but there’s actually remarkably little easily accessible information out there that details the specific compounds used for specific purposes more

Publications Phosphorus

• Chemiluminescence of black phosphorus quantum dots induced by hypochlorite and peroxide

  For the first time, black phosphorus quantum dots (BP QDs) were found to show chemiluminescence (CL) properties in the presence of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and hypochlorite (ClO−). Excited phosphorus oxides (HPO) resulting from the oxidation of BP QDs account for CL emission. Taking triacetone tripe more

• Effects of diminished steric protection at phosphorus on stability and reactivity of oxaphosphirane complexes

  Readily available P-tBu substituted Li/Cl phosphinidenoid complexes react with carbonyl compounds to furnish sterically almost unhindered oxaphosphirane complexes that reveal new and surprisingly facile intra- and intermolecular ring expansion reactions. 1,3,2-Dioxaphosphole complex formation is exp more

• IJMS, Vol. 19, Pages 1914: Cellular and Subcellular Phosphate Transport Machinery in Plants

  IJMS, Vol. 19, Pages 1914: Cellular and Subcellular Phosphate Transport Machinery in Plants International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms19071914 Authors: Sudhakar Srivastava Munish Kumar Upadhyay Ashish Kumar Srivastava Mostafa Abdelrahman Penna Suprasanna Lam-Son more