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Preparation and Reactivity of a Triphosphenium Bromide Salt: A Convenient and Stable Source of PhosphorusI
Published on: November 22, 2016
Tris(4-formyl-phen-yl)phosphane oxide tetra-hydro-furan hemisolvate
James Kakoullis1, Frank R Fronczek, Andrew W Maverick
1Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-1804, USA.
Abstract:
The title compound, C21H15O4P·0.5C4H8O, contains an ordered phosphane oxide in a general position and a tetra-hydro-furan solvent mol-ecule disordered about a twofold axis. All three aldehyde substituents are nearly coplanar with their attached benzene rings, with C-C-C-O torsion angles in the range 1.64 (17)-4.24 (19)°. All three have different conformations with respect to the P=O group, one syn, one anti, and one gauche. Two of the aldehyde substituents form inter-molecular C-H⋯O contacts.
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