Pg. Jones et A. Weinkauf, S-3,5-DIETHOXY-1-OXA-3,5-DIPHOSPHORINANE-3,5-DIONE AND S-3,5-DIETHOXY-1-OXA-3,5-DIPHOSPHORINANE-3,5-DIONE, Acta crystallographica. Section C, Crystal structure communications, 54, 1998, pp. 1453-1456
The title compounds, cis- and trans-C7H16O5P2, display chair conformat
ions of the heterocyclic rings, with much larger absolute torsion angl
es around C-O-C (> 72 degrees) than around P-C-P (< 47 degrees). Ring
angles are lower than tetrahedral at phosphorus, but higher at carbon
and oxygen, with a maximum of 116.03(12)degrees for the P-C-P angle of
the cis isomer. Several C-H ... O contacts, including one as short as
H ... O = 2.27 Angstrom, can be classified as hydrogen bonds.