Phosphorus boron hydrides

Industrially, chlorine is obtained as a by-product in the electrolytic conversion of salt to sodium hydroxide. Hazardous reactions have occuned between chlorine and a variety of chemicals including acetylene, alcohols, aluminium, ammonia, benzene, carbon disulphide, diethyl ether, diethyl zinc, fluorine, hydrocarbons, hydrogen, ferric chloride, metal hydrides, non-metals such as boron and phosphorus, rubber, and steel. 

Nonmetal hydrides Boron trifluoride, phosphorus trichloride, silicon tetrachloride... 

Carbon is, of course, unique in the number of hydrides it forms, but the elements in the proximity of carbon in the Periodic Table have a similar, if more restricted, propensity to form hydrides. Silicon, germanium, boron and phosphorus are obvious examples. For hydrides of these elements, and especially for their organic derivatives, the methods of substitutive nomenclature can be applied to obtain suitable names. 

Toxicity Variable. The hydrides of phosphorus, arsenic, sulfur, selenium, tellurium and boron which are highly toxic, produce local irritation and destroy red blood cells. They are particularly dangerous because of their volatility and ease of entry into the body. The hydrides of the alkali metals, alkaline earths, aluminum, zirconium and titanium react with moisture to evolve hydrogen and leave behind the hydroxide of the metallic element. This hydroxide is usually caustic. See also sodium hydroxide... 

Explosion Hazard The volatile hydrides (such as hydrides of boron, arsenic, phosphorus, selenium, tellurium) form explosive mixtures with air. 

Thus the hydride is a very efficient carrier of hydrogen. Upon heating, calcium reacts with boron, sulfur, carbon, and phosphorus to form the corresponding binary compounds and with carbon dioxide to form calcium carbide [75-20-7], CaC2, and calcium oxide [1305-78-8], CaO. 

Diphenylphosphine)lithium, 126 Nickel boride, 197 Samarium(II) iodide, 270 to 1,2-disubstituted compounds B-3-Pinanyl-9-borabicyclo-[3.3.1]nonane, 249 Titanium(III) chloride, 302 of phosphorus compounds Lithium aluminum hydride-Cerium(III) chloride, 159 of sulfoxides and sulfones Sodium iodide-Boron trifluoride ether-ate, 282... 

But carbon is not unique in forming bonds to itself because other elements such as boron, silicon, and phosphorus form strong bonds in the elementary state. The uniqueness of carbon stems more from the fact that it forms strong carbon-carbon bonds that also are strong when in combination with other elements. For example, the combination of hydrogen with carbon affords a remarkable variety of carbon hydrides, or hydrocarbons as they usually are called. In contrast, none of the other second-row elements except boron gives a very extensive system of stable hydrides, and most of the boron hydrides are much more reactive than hydrocarbons, especially to water and air. 

The phosphine 1-(1,2-C2BxoHii)P(CHs)2 was prepared and reacted with an iridium (I) complex, as shown in Fig. 27. Spectroscopic evidence strongly supported the view that the complexed Ir(I) had inserted into a B—H bond with the formation of an iridium-boron bond and an iridium-hydride link (58). Specific deuterium labels attached to the carborane moiety of the phosphine clearly proved this point. Thus, the B-H vertices of the icosahedral carborane group that are nearest the carbon atom bearing phosphorus were shown to be involved, although a distinction could not be made between the 3,6 or 4,5 sets of BH groups. 

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