The book Nonexistent Compounds by W. E. Dasent gives consideration to compounds "... whose structures do not offend the simpler rules of valence, but which nevertheless are characterized by a low degree of stability." One such compound mentioned in the book is the diatomic molecule P2. The presentation will delineate synthetic access to sources of P2 that may be regarded (depending upon mechanism) as thermal molecular precursors to P2 or as P2 transfer agents. We will also describe our efforts to characterize volatilized species by molecular beam mass spectrometry and by spectroscopy. New cycloaddition reactivity studies involving P2 will be described. Finally, time permitting, related studies on HCP and cis-diazene will be discussed.

Nonexistent compounds

249th National Meeting (2015)

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