Phosphorus tricyanide is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula P(CN)
3. It can be produced by the reaction of
phosphorus trichloride
Phosphorus trichloride is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula PCl3. A colorless liquid when pure, it is an important industrial chemical, being used for the manufacture of phosphites and other organophosphorus compounds. It is toxi ...
and trimethyl(iso)cyanosilane. The reaction of
phosphorus tribromide
Phosphorus tribromide is a colourless liquid with the formula P Br3. The liquid fumes in moist air due to hydrolysis and has a penetrating odour. It is used in the laboratory for the conversion of alcohols to alkyl bromides.
Preparation
PBr3 ...
and
silver cyanide in
diethyl ether
Diethyl ether, or simply ether, is an organic compound in the ether class with the formula , sometimes abbreviated as (see Pseudoelement symbols). It is a colourless, highly volatile, sweet-smelling ("ethereal odour"), extremely flammable li ...
produce phosphorus tricyanide too.
Its thermal decomposition can produce graphite phase C
3N
3P. Phosphorus tricyanide reacts with
Re(CO)5FBF3 to form (BF
4)
3.
References
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