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OF organic derivatives of phosphorus (that is, containing C—P links), the only type which has hitherto been resolved into optically active forms is that represented by the general formula R1R2R3Pâ†X, where R1, R2 and R3 are different alkyl or aryl groups and X is either oxygen or sulphur : Meisenheimer et al.1 have resolved tertiary phosphine oxides, for example, phenyl-benzyl-methyl-phosphine oxide, and Davies and Mann2 have similarly resolved phenyl-p-carboxymethylphenyl-n-butyl-phosphine sulphide.
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HOLLIMAN, F., MANN, F. An Optically Active Quaternary Phosphonium Salt. Nature 159, 438 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159438a0
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