Diphosphene is a compound having the formula (PH)
2. It exists as two
geometric isomer
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s, ''E'' and ''Z''. Diphosphene is also the parent member of the entire class of
diphosphene compounds with the formula (PR)
2, where R is an
organyl
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group.
References
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Phosphorus hydrides