Polymorphism of 2,5‐[(diphenylphosphanyl)methyl]‐1,1,2,4,4,5‐hexaphenyl‐1,4‐diphospha‐2,5‐diboracyclohexane |
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Authors: | Manuela Mü ller,Hans‐Wolfram Lerner,Michael Bolte |
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Abstract: | 2,5‐[(Diphenylphosphanyl)methyl]‐1,1,2,4,4,5‐hexaphenyl‐1,4‐diphospha‐2,5‐diboracyclohexane shows polymorphism as two tetrahydrofuran (THF) disolvates [C64H58B2P4·2C4H8O, (Ia) and (Ib)] and pseudo‐polymorphism as its toluene monosolvate [C64H58B2P4·C7H8, (Ic)]. In each of polymorphs (Ia) and (Ib), the diphosphadiboracyclohexane molecule is located on a centre of inversion. The THF molecule of (Ib) is disordered over two sites, with a site‐occupation factor of 0.612 (8) for the major‐occupied site. Both structures crystallize in the same space group (P21/n), but they display a different crystal packing. For pseudo‐polymorph (Ic), although the space group is P21/c, which is just a different setting of the P21/n space group of (Ia) and (Ib), the crystal packing is completely different. Although the crystal packing in these three structures is significantly different, their molecular conformations are surprisingly the same. |
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Keywords: | crystal structure diphosphadiboracyclohexanes polymorphs pseudo‐polymorphs scorpionates multidentate ligand systems |
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