Crystal structure studies of Group V chalcogenide compounds. I. The structure of tricyclohexylphosphine sulphide
Crystals of tricyclohexylphosphine sulphide, C18H33PS, are orthorhombic, a = 10.906(2), b = 15.836(2), c = 10.362(2) Å, Z = 4, space group Pn21a. The structure was solved by direct methods and refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to a final Rω of 0.058 for all 1209 reflexions with sin θ/λ ≤ 0.5377.Although second harmonic generation unambiguously established the correct space group as Pn21a, parameters reported here refer to the centrosymmetric space group Pnma. The geometry at phosphorus is approximately tetrahedral with an average P—C distance of 1.838(2) Å. Angles at phosphorus range from 105.4° to 113.2°. The P=S bond length of 1.966(2) Å is one of the longest bonds of this type so far reported. Rigid body analysis of thermal parameters suggests that the 'true' bond lengths are even longer.