Synthesis, Crystallographic Characterization and Density Functional Study of Novel Spoke-Molecular Tetravent ethyltriphenylphosphorous Dibromide

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Abstract:A novel molecular tetravalent ethyltriphenylphosphorous dibromide ((C 6 H 5 ) 3 PCH 2 Br 2 ) has been synthesized in toluene and has been characterized by single crystal x-ray crystallography. Theoretical studies have been conducted utilizing DFT(B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p) level of theory both in gas phase and solution using diverse solvents. Potential surface energy calculations revealed the existence of the tetravalent diionic form as a global minimum except in dimethylsulfoxide where our adduct is more stable. Calculations showed that the Br-Br bond distance is in quadratic variation with the medium dielectric constant. The unusual Br-Br lengthen is reasonably rationalized in terms of charge transfer of electron density from the π clouds in phenyl moieties to the σ* of the dibromine entity. The average harmonic oscillator index of aromaticity of the complex are found suffering a deviation from unity.