13C nuclear magnetic resonance of organophosphorus compounds XI—aminophosphines

Natural abundance ¹³C NMR studies have been carried out on a series of organophosphorus compounds possessing P? N bonds. For the first time a one-bond temperature-dependent ¹³C—³¹P nuclear spin coupling was observed for the P-phenyl carbons in bis(N,N-dibenzylamino)phenylphosphine (0-9 Hz) and bis(N,N-diethylamino)phenylphosphine (0–2 Hz). This temperature-dependent behavior can be rationalized in terms of free rotation about the phenyl phosphorus bond with concomitant hindered rotation about the P? N bonds. A conformational preference for the nitrogen and phosphorus lone pairs to exist in the trans orientation is indicated. In the similarly substituted 5-membered heterocyclic ring compound, 1,3-dimethyl-2-phenyl-1,3-diazaphospholidine, the phenyl one-bond coupling increases to (?) 42.1 Hz and becomes temperature independent. These data suggest that ¹J(PC) is very responsive to electronic effects.