What does tertiary phosphine mean?

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tertiary phosphine

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English

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any compound of general formula PR₃ (where R is not H)

tertiary phosphines (plural)

primary phosphine secondary phosphine

primary phosphine secondary phosphine

What does tertiary phosphine mean?: any compound of general formula PR₃ (where R is not H)

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