Phosphorus: The Carbon Copy: From Organophosphorus to Phospha-Organic Chemistry

This volume discusses the use of phosphorus as a substitute for carbon. The subject is based on the idea that carbon is more similar to its diagonal relative, phosphorus.
Phosphorus: The Carbon Copy examines the extraordinary similarity between low coordinate phosphorus compounds and unsaturated carbon compounds. Written by three of the leading researchers in the field of modern phosphorus chemistry, Phosphorus: The Carbon Copy focuses on the interface between phosphorus and the transition metal elements and deals with the most recent aspects of unsaturated organophosphorus compounds and their coordination chemistry. Aimed at graduate students as well as academic and industrial researchers, this concise volume publicisies the extraordinary potential of these new phosphorus compounds for applications in catalysis, molecular materials and biochemistry.