Volume 10, Issue 3 pp. 255-258
Free to Read

O=P(i-PrNCH2CH2)3NCH3+: Novel effect of quaternization on the structural metrics of the bicyclic cage

Xiaodong Liu

Xiaodong Liu

Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011

Search for more papers by this author
Brad Logsdon

Brad Logsdon

Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011

Search for more papers by this author
Robert A. Jacobson

Robert A. Jacobson

Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011

Search for more papers by this author
John G. Verkade

Corresponding Author

John G. Verkade

Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011

Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011Search for more papers by this author

Abstract

The title cation features the longest distance between the bridgehead atoms (3.56 Å) so far recorded for phosphatrane cages despite a nontetrahedral CNbrigeheadC angle (∼114°). The 70.8° NbridgeheadCCN torsion angles in the bridging moieties produce a substantial twist along the C3 axis of the structure that does not easily allow racemization of the cage. The resulting rigidity of the twisted cage gives rise to AB patterns for the methylene protons of this cation and its analogues. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 10:255–258, 1999

The full text of this article hosted at iucr.org is unavailable due to technical difficulties.