“White phosphorus is a translucent white waxy solid. It is poisonous, insoluble in water but soluble in carbon disulfide and glows in dark (chemiluminescence).”
White phosphorus consists of a discrete tetrahedral molecule.
The structure of white phosphorus is given below:
White phosphorus becomes yellow when exposed to light.
Thus, for this reason, it is also called yellow phosphorus.
Hence, white phosphorus and yellow phosphorus are not allotropes.
