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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
[4-(Dimethyl-amino)-phen-yl]diphenyl-phosphine selenide
1Research Centre for Synthesis and Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, University of Johannesburg (APK Campus), PO Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, 2006, South Africa.
Abstract:
In the title compound, C(20)H(20)NPSe, the P atom lies in a distorted tetra-hedral environment. The Tolman cone angle is 157° indicating steric crowding at this atom. In the crystal, weak C-H⋯Se inter-actions create linked dimeric units and C-H⋯π inter-actions are also observed.
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