• Rapid Communication in Photoscience
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.31-33
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• 2013

The irradiation of electron-beam onto bis-(diphenylphosphino)methane, ethane, propane and butane initiated phenyl-shift from a phosphine to another phosphine atom and subsequent fragmentation resulted in the formation of triphenylphosphine derivative as key intermediate. The mechanism of those processes is speculated.