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Sodium metabisulfite-mediated elimination of formaldehyde from the ferrocene-derived hydroxymethylphosphine FcCH 2 P(CH 2 OH) 2 yields the primary phosphine FcCH 2 PH 2 , which has been fully characterised, including an X-ray crystal structure; the phosphine is completely air-stable.
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Goodwin et al. (1997) studied this question.
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