Pg. Jones et A. Weinkauf, DIMETHYL-1,3-DIPHOSPHA-5-SILACYCLOHEXANE-1,3-DIONE, Acta crystallographica. Section C, Crystal structure communications, 54, 1998, pp. 1449-1451
The title compound, C(9)H(22)O(4)P(2)Sir is the first 1,3-diphospha-5-
silacyclohexane for which an X-ray structure has been reported. It cry
stallizes with two independent molecules, which are closely similar. T
he rings adopt a chair conformation with mean absolute torsion angles
of 55.67 and 55.21 degrees. Ring bond angles at carbon are wider than
ideal tetrahedral, with values in the range 114.09 (11)-118.05 (11)deg
rees. There are several C-H ... O hydrogen bonds, of which the shortes
t by far is C2-H2A ... O2', with H ... O = 2.25 Angstrom and C ... O =
3.236 (3) Angstrom.