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Preparation and Reactivity of a Triphosphenium Bromide Salt: A Convenient and Stable Source of Phosphorus(I)
Published on: November 22, 2016
N,N'-[1,4-Phenyl-enebis(methyl-ene)]bis-(N,N-diethyl-ethanaminium) dibromide
Abstract:
In the crystal structure of the title compound, C(20)H(38)N(2) (2+)·2Br(-), the centroid of the aromatic ring is located on an inversion center, so that the asymmetric unit consists of one-half mol-ecule of the dication and one bromide anion. C-H⋯Br inter-actions connect the two components into a three-dimensional network. An intra-molecular C-H⋯π inter-action is also observed.
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