Si CP/MAS NMR of phosphorus-bearing organosilicon compounds

While liquid-state ²⁹Si NMR of phosphorus-bearing organosilicon compounds with more than one phosphorus per molecule can take advantage of the presence of J-coupling ⁿJ(³¹P²⁹Si) for purposes of structural assignment from J-coupling patterns, conventional ²⁹Si CP/MAS spectra of such molecular solids do not reveal structural details in a straightforward manner. For such compounds it is necessary to obtain ²⁹Si CP/MAS spectra under conditions of simultaneous ¹H- and ³¹P-high power decoupling in order to derive reliable ²⁹Si chemical shift information. ²⁹Si CP/MAS NMR spectra, obtained with and without ³¹P high power decoupling during the acquisition time, of several organosilicon compounds containing Si_xP_y (x = 1 −10, y = 1 −10) moieties are reported.