Diphosphine, tetramethyl-disulfide, hazards

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The drying of impure ethers can produce a violent explosion. Further information about this hazard may be found in Inorganic Syntheses, Volume 12, p. 317. A hazard associated with the synthesis of tetramethyl-diphosphine disulfide [ Inorg. Synth., 15, 186 (1974)] is cited in Inorganic Syntheses, Volume 23, p. 199. 

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