Phosphinous acid
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Other names
hydroxyphosphine
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Molar mass | 49.997 g·mol−1 |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Phosphinous acid (or Phosphinol) is the inorganic compound with the formula H2POH. It exists, fleetingly, as a mixture with its less stable tautomer H3PO (phosphine oxide). This mixture has been generated by low temperature oxidation of phosphine with ozone.[1] H2POH is mainly of pedagogical interest. Organophosphinous acids are more prevalent than the parent H2POH.
Organophosphinous acids
[edit]Phosphinous acids exist mainly as minor tautomers of secondary phosphine oxides. For example diphenylphosphinous acid, which is not detectable directly, is invoked as the tautomer of diphenylphosphine oxide.
Highly electron-withdrawing substituents stabilize the phosphinous acid tautomer as illustrated by (CF3)2POH.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Withnall, Robert; Andrews, Lester (1987). "FTIR spectra of the photolysis products of the phosphine-ozone complex in solid argon". Journal of Physical Chemistry. 91 (4): 784–97. doi:10.1021/j100288a008.
- ^ Bader, Julia; Berger, Raphael J. F.; Stammler, Hans-Georg; Mitzel, Norbert W.; Hoge, Berthold (2011). "First Solid-State Structures of Real Diorganyl Phosphinous Acids R2POH (R=CF3, C2F5)". Chemistry - A European Journal. 17 (48): 13420–13423. doi:10.1002/chem.201102370. PMID 22052837.