Structural importance of secondary interactions in molecules: origin of unconventional conformations of phosphine-borane adducts |
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Authors: | Spies Patrick Fröhlich Roland Kehr Gerald Erker Gerhard Grimme Stefan |
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Institution: | Organisch‐Chemisches Institut, Universit?t Münster, Corrensstr. 40, 48149 Münster, Germany, Fax: (+49)?251‐83‐36503 |
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Abstract: | The series of phosphine-borane adducts, Ph2(H3C--Ctriple chemical bond]C)P--B(C6F5)3 (8 c), Ph(H3C--Ctriple chemical bond]C)2P--B(C6F5)3 (8 b) and (H3C--Ctriple chemical bond]C)3P--B(C6F5)3 (8 a), was prepared. The X-ray crystal structure analyses revealed close to eclipsed conformations for all members of this series with average dihedral angles theta(C-P-B-C) of 8.1 degrees (8 c), 12.3 degrees (8 b) and 20.3 degrees (8 a). Quantum chemical analysis of these compounds revealed the importance of a subtle interplay between competing attractive and repulsive secondary interactions, causing the surprising eclipsed conformational preference for systems of this degree of complexity. Some cyclic phosphine-borane adducts were studied for comparison. |
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Keywords: | boranes donor–acceptor systems phosphines quantum chemical calculations structure elucidation |
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