CHEMISTRY OF THE TRIFLUOROMETHYL GROUP: PART V. INFRARED SPECTRA OF SOME PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS CONTAINING CF3

Abstract

The infrared spectra of several series of trifluoromethyl-phosphorus compounds are correlated, the compounds examined being the iodides CF3PI2 and (CF3)2PI, the methyl-trifluoromethyl-phosphines of the general formula (CH3)nP(CF3)3−n, where n = 1, 2, or 3, and the analogous phenyl-trifluoromethyl-phosphines. Satisfactory assignments are made for the majority of absorption bands in the 650–4000 cm−1 region. The infrared spectra of some phosphine – boron trifluoride adducts are also examined and assignments of the principal bands are made.