phosphorane noun. ['fɒsfǝreɪn] E19.
[from PHOSPHORUS + -ANE (in sense 1 an arbitrary ending).]
Chemistry.
1. A compound of one atom of phosphorus with one of chlorine. Only in E19.

2. The (imagined) hydride of phosphorus PH₅; any compound regarded as a derivative of this. M20.

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