Aminodiphenylphosphanes: Isotope‐induced chemical shifts 1Δ14/15N(31P), coupling constants 1J(31P,15N), and chemical shifts δ15N and δ31P

A series of aminodiphenylphosphanes 1 [Ph₂P‐N(H)tBu ( a ), ‐NEt₂ ( b ), ‐NiPr₂ ( c )], 2 [Ph₂P‐NHPh ( a ), ‐NH‐2‐pyridine ( b ), ‐NH‐3‐pyridine ( c ), ‐NH‐4‐pyridine ( d ), NH‐pyrimidine ( e ), NH‐2,6‐Me₂‐C₆H₃ ( f ), NH‐3‐Me‐2‐pyridine ( g )], 3 [Ph₂P‐N(Me)Ph ( a ), ‐NPh₂ ( b )], and N‐pyrrolyldiphenylphosphane 4 (Ph₂P‐NC₄H₄) was prepared and studied by NMR (¹H, ¹³C, ³¹P, ¹⁵N NMR) spectroscopy. The isotope‐induced chemical shifts ¹Δ^14/15N(³¹P) were determined at natural abundance of ¹⁵N by using HEED INEPT experiments. A dependence of ¹Δ^14/15N(³¹P) on the substituents at nitrogen was found (alkyl < H < aryl; increasingly negative values). The magnitude and sign of the coupling constants ¹J(³¹P,¹⁵N) (positive sign) are dominated by the presence of the lone pair of electrons at the phosphorus atom. The X‐ray structural analysis of 2b is reported, showing the presence of dimers owing to intermolecular hydrogen bridges in the solid state. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 12:542–550, 2001