SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF TRIS(2,4,6-TRIMETHOXYPHENYL)PHOSPHINE AND TRIS(2,4,6-TRIMETHOXYPHENYL)PHOSPHINE OXIDE Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The functionalized triaryl phosphine tris(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)phosphine (TMPP) was prepared and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction studies and multinuclear NMR spectroscopy. The asymmetric unit contains two independent molecules of TMPP on general positions that adopt a pseudo-propeller arrangement of the arene substituents. The basicity of TMPP was evaluated by measuring the A1(CO) stretching mode for the complex Ni(CO)3L; the value for Ni(CO)3TMPP is A1(CO) = 2048 cm-1, which is the lowest reported value for a tertiary phosphine complex (PR3)Ni(CO)3. The phosphine oxide derivative, tris(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)phosphine (TMPPO), was prepared by oxidation with H2O in refluxing acetone. In the structure of TMPPO, the oxygen atom of the phosphine oxide is hydrogen bonded to two interstitial water molecules. Both the phosphine and phosphine oxide compounds were fully characterized by a variety of physical and spectroscopic techniques, including NMR (1H, 31P, 13C), IR and electronic absorption spectroscopies and cyclic voltammetry. 1994.

published proceedings

  • POLYHEDRON

author list (cited authors)

  • DUNBAR, K. R., & HAEFNER, S. C.

citation count

  • 29

complete list of authors

  • DUNBAR, KR||HAEFNER, SC

publication date

  • January 1994