C. Chuit et al., EVIDENCES FOR INTRAMOLECULAR N-]P COORDINATION IN (8-DIMETHYLAMINO-1-NAPHTHYL)DIPHENYLPHOSPHANE AND DERIVATIVES, Journal of organometallic chemistry, 511(1-2), 1996, pp. 171-175
An extension of coordination by intramolecular N --> P donor-acceptor
interaction in (8-dimethylamino-1-naphthyl)diphenylphosphane 1 has bee
n shown by X-ray structure determination. In addition, a very easy int
ramolecular isomerisation process around the phosphorus atom at room t
emperature was revealed by dynamic NMR studies. Isomerisation also occ
urs in the corresponding oxide 2, sulfide 3, and phosphonium salts 4 a
nd 5, but with slightly higher activation energies.