title: Easy hydrolysis of white phosphorus coordinated to ruthenium.
abstract: The P4 molecule bound to ruthenium as an eta1-ligand in [CpRu(PPh3)2(eta1-P4)]Y (Y = PF6, CF3SO3) undergoes an easy reaction with water in exceedingly mild conditions to yield PH3, which remains coordinated to the [CpRu(PPh3)2] fragment, and oxygenated derivatives.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Firenze, via della Lastruccia n. 3, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy. piero.stoppioni@unifi.it
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Vaira
authors.forename: Piero
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Frediani
authors.forename: Stefano Seniori
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Costantini
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peruzzini
authors.forename: Piero
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stoppioni