“…The elemental analysis, mass spectrometry, 31 P and 1 H NMR spectroscopy data of compounds 1 and 2 are consistent with their cyclophane structures which include two 1,5-diaza-3,7-diphosphacyclooctane rings. The proton signals of the P-CH 2 -N fragments of both compounds appear to be typical (AB) 2 X systems for the chair–chair conformation of the heterocyclic eight-membered fragments with the equatorial positions of substituents at the phosphorus atoms and the axial positions of their lone electron pairs, namely, two doublets of doublets with the values of the coupling constants 2 J HH = 15.0–15.1 Hz and 2 J PH = 9.7–10.5 Hz for equatorial protons and 5.6–5.7 Hz for axial protons [ 22 , 23 , 32 ]. These structures are typical for 28-membered 1,5(1,5)-di(1,5-diaza-3,7-diphosphacyclooctana)-2,4,6,8(1,4)-tetrabenzenacyclooctaphanes where the phenylene rings and 1,5-diaza-3,7-diphosphacyclooctanes form a truncated rhombohedral prism [ 22 , 32 ], and the conformation of diphosphine fragments is favorable for the formation of bis-P,P-chelate metal complexes.…”