Acyl- und Alkylidenphosphane. XXXIII. Lithoxy-methylidenphosphan · DME und -methylidinphosphan · 2 DME — Synthese und Struktur

Acyl- and Alkylidenephosphines. XXXIII Lithoxy-methylidenephosphine · DME and -methylidynephosphine · 2DME — Syntheses and Structures Lithium dihydrogenphosphide · DME(¹) and ethyl formate in a molar ratio of 2 : 1 react in 1,2-dimethoxyethane to give liquid lithium formylphosphide · DME in 87% yield. Since lithium complexed by the chelate ligand DME is bound to the oxygen atom of the carbonyl group, the compound has to be considered as lithoxy-methylidenephosphine · DME ( 1 ). According to x-ray structure analyses of crystalline derivatives 5, 6], molecules of this type dimerize forming a four membered Li O Li O ring. Characteristic nmr-data show the presence of an E- and Z-isomer (δ¹ H  P: 3.87 and 4.49; ¹ J _HP: 150.8 and 136.5; δ¹ H  C: 11.4 and 10.05; ² J _HP: 6.1 and 81.2; ³ J _HH: 6.6 and 13.9; δ³¹ P : 38.6 and 8.8; δ¹³ C P: 225.0 and 215.4 ppm; ¹ J _CP: 41.2 and 65.0 cps); in 1,2-dimethoxyethane an E : Z ratio of 1.86 : 1 is found. In a similar reaction of lithium bis (trimethylsilyl)phosphide · 1.6 THF(¹) with excess dimethyl carbonate lithoxy-methylidynephosphine · 2DME ( 2 ) is formed via an up to now poorly understood mechanism. The compound can also be prepared from lithium dihydrogenphosphide · DME; it crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2₁/n {a = 880.6(2); b = 1296.6(2); c = 1267.4(2) pm; β = 96.07(2)° at −100 ± 3°C; Z = 4}. An x-ray structure analysis (R_w = 0.052) gives a P C distance of 155.5 pm which is typical for a triple bond. The C O bond length of 119.8 pm, however, is extremely short compared to the standard value of a single bond (139 pm). Angles of 178.5° and 170.7° at the carbon and oxygen correspond with the expected linear configuration of the PC O Li backbone of the molecule, Characteristic nmr-data are as follow: δ³¹ P -384.2; δ¹³ C 166.6ppm; ¹J_cp 41.5 cps.