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  • noun Plural form of phosphine.

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Examples

  • The second discovery on which Knowles 'pioneering work is based on, is Horner's and Mislow's syntheses of chiral phosphines, for example the enantiomer B shown in figure 3.

    The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2001 - Information for the Public 2001

  • Inside the beasts, acids churned and the poisonous phosphines were readied.

    DragonFlight McCaffrey, Anne 1968

  • Au (I), referred to as the aurous ion, is the most common oxidation state with soft phosphines.

    Zach Klein Universal Feed 2010

  • Chemists have been searching for a way to streamline this synthesis by making phosphines directly from P4 and bypassing Cl2.

    R&D Mag - News 2010

  • “That’s another theory… that abnormal digestive processes can generate phosphines, which, under the right conditions, can spontaneously combust.”

    Sparks Laura Bickle 2010

  • “That’s another theory… that abnormal digestive processes can generate phosphines, which, under the right conditions, can spontaneously combust.”

    Sparks Laura Bickle 2010

  • “That’s another theory… that abnormal digestive processes can generate phosphines, which, under the right conditions, can spontaneously combust.”

    Sparks Laura Bickle 2010

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