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Flame retardants are incorporated into a large number of plastics to reduce the flammability. They are applied to make our life more secure and to protect our belongings from burning down. In this article different classes of flame retardants are introduced and their modes of action within the polymers are illustrated. An overview concerning the requirements for modern flame retardants is given

A new phosphorylated ethylamine salt was synthesized that releases the free amine in situ under water‐free conditions. This storable precursor molecule was used to synthesize a mono‐substituted cyanuric chloride. Further substitutions could not be performed due to the low reactivity of this cyanuric chloride derivative. Also, two novel, bridged phosphonamidates were prepared. Owing to the P‐N synergy, they show enlarged char yields and therefore are promising flame retardants.