The He(1) photoelectron spectra of 1,1,3,3-tetrakis(dimethyl-calculations carried out by using the MNDO procedure. The amino)-lh5,3h5-diphosphabenzene (1 a), 1,1,3,3,5,5-hexakis(di-investigations reveal that the first bands correspond to n-MOs methylamino)-lh5,3h5,5h5-triphosphabenzene (2a), 4-tert-bu-which are mainly localized on the C atoms of the six-memt y l -1 , 1 , 3 , 3 -t e t r a k i s ( d i m e t h y l a m i n o ) -l h 5 , e nbered ring. The MO calculations predict a strong negative net zene (3a), and the substitution products 4a and 5a of l a have charge for the ring carbon atoms adjacent to the P atoms and been recorded. The assignment of the PE spectra is based on strong positive net charges for the P atoms. a comparison of the PE spectra of related species with the MO In recent years the electronic structures of many heterosubstituted benzenes have been studied by He(1) photoelectron (PE) spectroscopy. The 7c-bands of most of these spectra, for example pyridine ' ), phosphabenzene2), arsabenzene2), stibabenzene2), and bi~mabenzene~) have been explained by the perturbing effect of the heteroatom and could be correlated with the x-bands of benzene2-9 In contrast to these species, the electronic structure of the six-membered phosphazenes (e. g. six-membered phosphonitrile halides) is very different 5,6). Although 6 n-electrons are available, the x-system is not delocalized; instead, it is described by localized three-center n-bonds 5,6). The electronic structure of diphosphazenes7) as well as diphosphacyclobutadienes*) can also be rationalized by using the island model'). The recently synthesized 1,1,3,3-tetrakis-(dimethylamino)-lh5,3~5-diphosphabenzene (1 a) ' ), 1,1,3,3,5,5-hexakis(dimethylarnino)-1 h5,3h5,5h'-triphosphabenzene (2a)"), 4-tert-butyl-l,l,3,3-tetrakis(dimet hy1amino)-1 h',3h5,5h3-triphosphabenzene (3 a) as well as the substitution products of 1 , 4 a and 5a9912) provide good test cases to check the bonding models for such phosphorus species. The method of choice to investigate the electronic structure of 1-5 is photoelectron spectros-COPY.
PE Spectra and CalculationsThe PE spectra of l a -3 a are shown in Figure 1. The data recorded for 1 a -5a are collected in Table 1. Common to all five spectra are two peaks in the low-energy region between 6 and 7.5 eV, followed by a very intense and broad peak between 8 and 9 eV. To interpret these data we make use of the observation that Koopmans' approximation also holds13) for phosphorus compounds, as exemplified on many o c c a~i o n s~~~~~* '~-~~) .We can hence set as equal the negative value of the calculated orbital energies, --si, to the measured vertical ionization energies, I.* The calculations were carried out by using the MNDO method17) for the model compounds lb-5b. The calculations are based on the X-ray