Triphenylphosphine phenylimide

Triphenylphosphine phenylimide
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Tetraphenylphosphanimine
Other names
  • Tetraphenylphosphine imide
  • N-(Triphenylphosphoranylidene)benzenamine
  • (Phenylimino)triphenylphosphorane
  • N-(Triphenylphosphoranylidene)aniline
  • N-Phenylimino(triphenyl)phosphorane
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
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EC Number
  • 219-039-1
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C24H20NP/c1-5-13-21(14-6-1)25-26(22-15-7-2-8-16-22,23-17-9-3-10-18-23)24-19-11-4-12-20-24/h1-20H
    Key: PTLOPIHJOPWUNN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • c1ccc(cc1)N=P(c2ccccc2)(c3ccccc3)c4ccccc4
Properties
C24H20NP
Molar mass 353.405 g·mol−1
Appearance White solid
Density 1.239 g/cm3
Melting point 131–132 °C (268–270 °F; 404–405 K)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Triphenylphosphine phenylimide is the organophosphorus compound with the formula Ph3P=NPh (Ph = C6H5). The compound is classified as a phosphanimine. This white solid is soluble in organic solvents. The compound is a prototype of a large class of Staudinger reagents, resulting from the Staudinger reaction.

The phosphanimines were first prepared in the laboratory of Nobelist Hermann Staudinger. His synthesis involved the direct reaction of triphenylphosphine with phenylazide. [1]

Ph3P + N3Ph → Ph3P=NPh + N2

X-ray crystallography establishes that the P–N–C angle is bent (130.4°) and the P–N distance is 160 pm.[2]

  1. ^ Staudinger, H; Meyer, Jules (1919). "Über neue organische Phosphorverbindungen III. Phosphinmethylenderivate und Phosphinimine". Helvetica Chimica Acta. 2: 635–646. doi:10.1002/hlca.19190020164.
  2. ^ Eberhard Böhm; Kurt Dehnicke; Johannes Beck; Wolfgang Hiller; Joachim Strähle; Andreas Maurer; Dieter Fenske (1988). "Die Kristallstrukturen von Ph3PNPh, [Ph3PN(H)Ph][AuI2], und von 2,3-Bis(triphenylphosphoranimino)maleinsäure-N-methylimid (The Crystal Structures of Ph3PNPh, [Ph3PN(H)Ph][AuI2] and of 2,3-Bis(triphenylphosphoranimino)maleic Acid-N-methylimide)" (PDF). Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B. 43 (2): 138–148. doi:10.1515/znb-1988-0202.