Russian Journal of General Chemistry, Vol. 71, No. 6, 2001, pp. 981-982. Translated from Zhurnal Obshchei Khimii, Vol. 71, No. 6, 2001, pp. 1043-1044. Original Russian Text Copyright + 2001 by Smolii, Bezverhnii, Drach. ... OB Smolii, VD Bezverhnii, and BS Drach ... Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine ... The available phosphonium salt I via a series of simple reactions was converted to a new ...