The results of studies on the application of elemental phosphorus for the synthesis of important organophosphorus compounds are surveyed and summarized. Currently, this trend represents a synthetically, environmentally and technologically attractive alternative to classical organophosphorus chemistry based on toxic and corrosive phosphorus chlorides. Direct phosphination and phosphinylation of organic compounds with elemental phosphorus (discussed in the first part of the review) basically extend the range of available phosphines, phosphine chalcogenides and phosphinic acids and provides further development of their synthetic potential (discussed in the second part of the review). It is shown that the breakthrough in this area is largely due to the discovery of reactions of elemental phosphorus (white and red) with various electrophiles in superbasic suspensions and emulsions derived from alkali metal hydroxides and to the development of electrochemical, electrocatalytic and catalytic activation of white phosphorus.

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综述了元素磷在重要有机磷化合物合成中的应用研究成果。目前，这一趋势代表了基于有毒和腐蚀性氯化磷的经典有机磷化学的综合、环境和技术上有吸引力的替代方案。有机化合物与元素磷的直接亚膦化和次膦酰化（在综述的第一部分讨论）基本上扩展了可用的膦、膦硫属化物和次膦酸的范围，并提供了它们合成潜力的进一步发展（在综述的第二部分讨论） ）。

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