Crystal Structure of cis-2-[(P, P-Diethoxy)phosphono(m-nitro)benzyloxy]-4-Phenyl-5,5-Dimethyl-1,3,2-Dioxaphosphorinane 2-Sulfide

The crystal structure of the title compound cis-2-(P, P-Diethoxy)phosphono(m-nitro)benzyloxy]-4-Phenyl-5,5-Dimethyl-1,3,2-Dioxaphosphorinane 2-Sulfide, C22H29NO8P2S, was determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. It crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group P21/c, with Mr=529.49, a=9.888(2), b=20.831(4), c=12.797(3) , β=94.42(3)°, V=2628(1) 3, Z=4, Dx=1.338 g/cm3, λ=0.71073, μ=0.2796 mm-1 and F(000)=556. The structure was solved by direct methods. The final R factor is 0.052 and Rw is 0.057 for 1793 unique observed reflections I≥3σ(I)]. A cis-configuration and a preferred chair conformation for the molecule have been established by X-ray diffraction analysis. The results presented also give a good explanation to the correlation between the configurational assignments and the regularity in the chemical shifts of C4-H and 31P NMR.