Information stored in the Cambridge Crystallographic
Data Centre shows that anti
−
anti
conformation is
common for bis(organothiophosphoryl) dichalcogenides. In view
of the 1−4 repulsion, the
syn
−
syn
conformation of the SP−X−X4−PS (X
= S and Se) backbone is unfavorable. However, in
compounds
with at least one phenyl group directly bonded to the phosphorus, such
as
bis[tert-butyl(phenyl)thiophosphinyl]
disulfide (Knopik, P. et al. J.
Chem. Soc.,
Dalton Trans.
1993, 2749),
bis(diphenylthiophosphinyl) disulfide
(Gallacher, A. C. et al. Acta Crystallogr.
1993,
C49, 1793) and
bis[tert-butyl(phenyl)thiophosphinyl]
diselenide
(this work) there is the syn
−
syn
geometry caused by the aromatic−aromatic interactions.
Bis[tert-butyl(phenyl)thiophosphinyl] diselenide is monoclinic, space group
C2/c with a = 20.424(2) Å,
b = 9.373(1) Å,
c = 12.907(1) Å, V = 2406.4(2)
Å3, D
c = 1.525 (2)
g/cm3, and Z = 4. Refinement using 2351
reflections
for 118 variables gives R = 0.047. We have used
high-resolution 77Se MAS NMR to study the
structural
properties of the compound. The principal elements
T
ii
of the 77Se
effective dipolar/chemical shift tensor
were calculated from the intensities of the spinning sidebands.
The values of the anisotropy and asymmetry
parameters reflect the distortion of the environment of selenium.
For a series of bis(organothiophosphoryl)
diselenides the T
33 tensor component gives the
largest contribution to the isotropic chemical shifts and
the
span parameter Ω reflects the strength of the diselenide bond.
Molecular packing significantly influences
the intramolecular dynamics of the aliphatic and aromatic groups.
The 13C dipolar dephasing experiment
and line shape analysis of the 1H−H CP/MAS
spectra of selectively 2H-labeled compounds show that
the
phenyl groups are static as a result of the aromatic−aromatic
interaction, while the tert-butyl groups are
under a fast motional regime, with
C
3
v
jumps around the
P−C and C−C bonds.