Beiträge zur Chemie des Phosphors, 116 Kernresonanzspektren und Kristallstruktur von Tri-tert-butylcyclotriphosphan / Contributions to the Chemistry of Phosphorus, 116 NMR Spectra and Crystal Structure of Tri-tert-butylcyclotriphosphane

Abstract

A complete analysis of the 31 P, 13 C and 1 H NMR spectra of tri-tert-butyl-cyclotriphosphane (1) was carried out and the resulting NMR parameters were correlated with the X-ray data of the molecule. It was found, that increasing P-P-C-bond angles correspond to a downfield shift and an increase of the absolute values of the negative 1 J(PP) and 1 J(PC) coupling constants. Generally, the chemical shifts of cyclotriphosphanes as well as of larger cyclic phosphanes depend on the endo- and exocyclic bond angles, the dihedral angle between the electron lone pairs of adjacent P-atoms, and the β-effect. On the basis of the X-ray and chemical shift data of 1, the bond angles of other cyclotriphosphanes can be deduced from their δ( 31 P) values. 1 crystallizes triclinically in the space group P1̄ with Z = 4 formula units. The X-ray analysis confirms the NMR-spectroscopically determined three-membered ring structure with the tert-butyl substituents on either side of the ring plane. Due to steric hindrance between the two tert-butyl groups in cis position, the corresponding P-P-C-bond angles show the largest values so far observed for organylcyclophosphanes.