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Nature 460, 585-586 (30 July 2009) | doi:10.1038/460585a; Published online 29 July 2009
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Supramolecular chemistry: Phosphorus caged
Kenneth N. Raymond1
Abstract
Violent criminals are imprisoned to keep them under control. Similarly, incarceration in a molecular jail stops white phosphorus from bursting into flames — but on release, it regains its fiery character.
White phosphorus — P4, one of two forms of the element — has earned a notorious reputation for being highly reactive. When it reacts slowly with oxygen, it merely glows; indeed, the words 'phosphorescence' and 'phosphorus' both originate from the Greek word for 'light-carrier'.
- Kenneth N. Raymond is in the Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, and in the Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
Email: raymond@socrates.berkeley.edu
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