Crystal and molecular structures of 2,2,4,4,6,8,8-heptamethyl-6-methylamino-1,3,5-triaza-2,4,6,8(PV)-tetraphosphorin and 2,2,4,4,6,8,8-heptamethyl-6-methylamino-7-benzoyl-1,3,5-triaza-2,4,6,8(PV)-tetraphosphorin
Crystals of 2,2,4,4,6,8,8-heptamethyl-6-methylamino-1,3,5-triaza-2,4,6,8(PV)-tetraphosphorin are monoclinic, a = 11.639(4), b = 11.957(7), c = 12.114(4) Å, β = 94.07(2) °, Z = 4, space group P21/n. The structure was solved by direct methods and was refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to R = 0.032 and Rw of 0.041 for 2012 reflections with I ≥ 3σ(I). Crystals of 2,2,4,4,6,8,8-heptamethyl-6-methylamino-7-benzoyl-1,3,5-triaza-2,4,6,8(PV)-tetraphosphorin are triclinic, a = 15.513(1), b = 8.422(1), c = 8.933(1) Å, α = 89.24(1), β = 100.18(1), γ = 107.30(1) °, Z = 2, space group [Formula: see text]. The structure was solved by Patterson and Fourier syntheses and was refined to a final R of 0.041 and Rw of 0.044 for 3654 reflections with I ≥ 3σ(I). The eight-membered P4N3C rings in both structures hâve 'tub' conformations. The mean bond lengths (corrected for libration) are: P—N(endo), 1.609(9), P—N(exo), 1.679(2), P—C(endo), 1.717(2), and P—C(exo), 1.815(8) Å for Me7(MeNH)P4N3CH and 1.595(4), 1.655(2), 1.763(4), and 1.804(5) Å respectively for Me7(MeNH)P4N3CC(O)Ph. The near-equivalence of the endocyclic P—N bond lengths in the azaphosphorins is discussed in terms of opposing changes in the in-plane and out-of-plane Π-systems.