Tert-Butylphosphaacetylene

tert-Butylphosphaacetylene
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
(2,2-Dimethylpropylidyne)phosphane
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
  • InChI=1S/C5H9P/c1-5(2,3)4-6/h1-3H3 N
    Key: PXQNAKPBTIQCTI-UHFFFAOYSA-N N
  • InChI=1/C5H9P/c1-5(2,3)4-6/h1-3H3
    Key: PXQNAKPBTIQCTI-UHFFFAOYAA
  • P#CC(C)(C)C
Properties
C5H9P
Molar mass 100.101 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

tert-Butylphosphaacetylene is an organophosphorus compound. Abbreviated t-BuCP, it was the first example of an isolable phosphaalkyne. Prior to its synthesis, the double bond rule had suggested that elements of Period 3 and higher were unable to form double or triple bonds with lighter main group elements because of weak orbital overlap. The synthesis of t-BuCP discredited much of the double bond rule and opened new studies into the formation of unsaturated phosphorus compounds.