Remote Substituent Effects on the Structures and Stabilities of PE π‑Stabilized Diphosphatetrylenes (R2P)2E (E = Ge, Sn)

• Published in: Inorganic chemistry Vol. 55; no. 20; pp. 10510 - 10522
• Main Authors: Izod, Keith, Evans, Peter, Waddell, Paul G., Probert, Michael R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 17.10.2016

A rare P–E π interaction between the lone pair of a planar P center and the vacant p orbital at the Ge or Sn center provides efficient stabilization for P-substituted tetrylenes (R2P)2E (E = Ge, Sn) and enables isolation of the first example of a compound with a crystallographically authenticated P...