Frontispiece: Facile Conversion of Red Phosphorus into Soluble Polyphosphide Anions by Reaction with Potassium Ethoxide

Red Phosphorus M. Shatruk, D. T. McQuade et al. describe the activation of red phosphorus by nucleophilic attack of KOEt to produce soluble polyphosphide species in their Communication on page 3904 ff. The reaction was scaled up by using a flow-chemistry approach. Picture designed by Kateryna Zavadska.