White P4
Red P4
P2O3
H3PO3
White P4 + alkali → H3PO2
Red P4 + alkali → H4P2O6
No P-H bond
Major products A and B formed in the following reaction sequence , are
Hydrocarbons are organic compounds that are entirely made up of only two kinds of atoms – carbon and hydrogen. Typically, hydrocarbons are colourless gases that have very weak odours.
According to experimental evidences, SE (S = substitution; E = electrophilic) reactions are supposed to proceed via the following three steps: