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 31P, 13C and 1H 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 1J(PP) and 1J(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(31P) 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.