Cyanuric acid (C
b>3b>H
b>3b>N
b>3b>O
b>3b>) is widely used as cross-linker in
basic polymers (often in com
bination with other crosslinking agents like melamine)
but also finds application in more sophisticated materials such as in supramolecular assem
blies and molecular sheets. The unknown phosphorus analogue of cyanuric acid, P
b>3b>C
b>3b>(OH)
b>3b>, may
become an equally useful
building
block for phosphorus-
based polymers or materials which have unique properties.[
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be a straightforward synthesis of 2,4,6-tri(hydroxy)-1,3,5-triphosphinine and its derivatives P
b>3b>C
b>3b>(OR)
b>3b> which have
been applied as strong π-acceptor η
6-ligands in piano stool Mo(CO)
b>3b> complexes.