Nomenclature of esters containing phosphorus

Li view of the rapid growth of the organic chemistry of phos-jdioniB since 1939, considerable attention has been paid to nomenclature. It has not always been easy to achieve agreement among workers in different parts of the world as to the most logical, convenient and simple system. It may not be out of place therefore to trace the inner history of some of the diaoges and developments that have taken place. However, the reader who is interested only in the details of the nomen-dature as now accepted should turn at once to p. 25. 

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