Crystal structure of tert-butyl-diphenyl-phosphine oxide

George Agbeworvi; Zerihun Assefa; Richard E Sykora; Jared D Taylor

doi:10.1107/S2056989015008919

Crystal structure of tert-butyl-diphenyl-phosphine oxide

Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun. 2015 May 13;71(Pt 6):o400. doi: 10.1107/S2056989015008919. eCollection 2015 Jun 1.

Authors

George Agbeworvi¹, Zerihun Assefa¹, Richard E Sykora², Jared D Taylor²

Affiliations

¹ 1601 E Market St., Department of Chemistry, North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA.
² University of South Alabama, Department of Chemistry, Mobile, AL 36688-0002, USA.

Abstract

In the structure of the title triorganophosphine oxide, C16H19OP, the P-O bond is 1.490 (1) Å. The P atom has a distorted tetrahedral geometry. The O atom inter-acts with both phenyl groups of a neighboring mol-ecule [C⋯O = 2.930 (3) and 2.928 (4) Å]. The C-O interaction directs an extended supramolecular arrangement along the a-axis.

Keywords: crystal structure; phosphine oxide.

Grants and funding

RC1 HG005439/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS/United States