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SUBMITTER: Soltani M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9054240 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Soltani Mohammad M McGeehee Jimmie L JL Stenson Alexandra C AC O'Brien Richard A RA Duranty Edward R ER Salter E Alan EA Wierzbicki Andrzej A Glover T Grant TG Davis James H JH
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Recent work by Wasserscheid, <i>et al.</i> suggests that PPh<sub>4</sub> <sup>+</sup> is an organic molecular ion of truly exceptional thermal stability. Herein we provide data that cements that conclusion: specifically, we show that aliphatic moieties of modified PPh<sub>4</sub> <sup>+</sup>-based cations incorporating methyl, methylene, or methine C-H bonds burn away at high temperatures in the presence of oxygen, forming CO, CO<sub>2</sub>, and water, leaving behind the parent ion PPh<sub>4</ ...[more]