John C Tebby & David Loakes 
Organophosphorus Chemistry 
Volume 39

Organophoshorus Chemistry provides a comprehensive and critical review of the recent literature. Coverage includes phosphines and their chalcogenides, phosphonium salts, low coordination number phosphorus compounds, penta- and hexa- coordinated compounds, tervalent phosphorus acid derivatives, quiquevalent phosphorus acids, nucleotides and nucleic aicds, ylides and related compounds, phosphazenes and the application of physical methods in the study of organophosphorus compounds. This Specialist Periodical Report will be of value to research workers in universities, government and industrial research organisations whose work involves the use of organophosphorus compounds. It provides a concise but comprehensive survey of a vast field of study, with a wide variety of applications, enabling the reader to keep abreast of the latest developments in their specialist fields.

Table of Content

Front Matter; Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; Phosphines and Related PûC-bonded Compounds; Tervalent Phosphorus Acid Derivatives; Phosphine Chalcogenides; Phosphonium Salts and P-Ylides; Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids: Mononucleotides; Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids; Oligo- and Polynucleotides; Quinquevalent Phosphorus Acids; Pentacoordinated and Hexacoordinated Compounds; Phosphazenes; Physical Methods

About the author

Professor David Allen is Emeritus professor of chemistry at the Sheffield Hallam University, UK. His main research interests are in phosphonium salts and related compounds. Current interests include the preparation of phosphonioalkyl derivatives of biologically active molecules, the phosphonioalkyl group facilitating the passage of the biologically active agent through cell membranes, and studies of the formation of biologically active surface-functionalised gold nanoparticles.