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Yang Li1, Guoxiong Hua, Alexandra M Z Slawin
1Department of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9ST, Scotland.
Acta Crystallographica. Section E, Structure Reports Online
|January 5, 2011
Abstract:
The title compound, C(23)H(19)PSe(2), has a central five-membered twist C(3)PSe ring conformation. One phenyl ring substituent, attached to an sp(2) carbon, is approximately coplanar with the C(3)PSe ring whilst the other organic substituents, attached to an sp(3)-carbon and a P(V) atom, lie on the same side of the ring.
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