The crystal and molecular structures of six quasi-phosphonium salts containing phosphorus-heteroatom (heteroatom = oxygen, sulphur or nitrogen) bonds were determined. Comparison of the molecular parameters obtained with those available for reference structures demonstrated that the 'double bond' character for the P'-Y bond decreases in the order Y = N w 0 > S.
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