Hybrid phosphine crown ether ligands have been obtained from PhP(OMe) 2 and P(OPh) 3 and carbanions generated by low-temperature Li/Br exchange reactions involving 4′-bromo-N-phenylaza-15-crown-5 and n-butyllithium. The A 1 ν(CO) values for the Ni(CO) 3 L complexes of these phosphines have been found to be 2063.7 and 2060.8 cm -1 , for the bis (1b) and tris (1c) crown species, respectively, indicating the significant electron-donating abilities of the nitrogen atoms. Addition of NaSCN salts in dichloromethane causes these frequencies to increase by 2.40 (1b) and 3.70 cm -1 (1c), indicating that the P(III) centers detect the presence of crown-coordinated ions. The oxide of 1c has been prepared and the X-ray structure obtained. A prominent feature of that structure, R3 h symmetry, is that the nitrogen atoms are nearly planar and the ring carbon-to-nitrogen distances are 1.375 Å, features that are also consistent with a significant amount of sp 2 C-N double-bond character. The phenyl rings are arranged in a typical propeller shape with torsion angles of 132.4°.
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