Structure determination and modeling of monoclinic trioctylphosphine oxide

Vicky V T Doan-Nguyen; Patrick J Carroll; Christopher B Murray

doi:10.1107/S2053229615003009

Structure determination and modeling of monoclinic trioctylphosphine oxide

Acta Crystallogr C Struct Chem. 2015 Mar;71(Pt 3):239-41. doi: 10.1107/S2053229615003009. Epub 2015 Feb 21.

Authors

Vicky V T Doan-Nguyen¹, Patrick J Carroll², Christopher B Murray¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 3231 Walnut Street, Philadephia, PA 19104, USA.
² Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 S. 34th Street, Philadephia, PA 19104, USA.

PMID: 25734856
DOI: 10.1107/S2053229615003009

Abstract

Trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO), C(24)H(51)OP, was recrystallized from ambient evaporation in acetone. TOPO single crystals form with a monoclinic P2(1)/c structure. Fourier transform IR (FT-IR) spectroscopy captures the characteristic stretching modes from the seven methylene groups, the phosphoryl P=O bond, and the phosphoryl-carbon bond.

Keywords: TOPO; crystal structure; ligand stabilizer; nanocrystal synthesis; phosphorus source; trioctylphosphine oxide.