“…The phenyl rings are rotated around the C(phenyl)-C(phosphorin) bonds by angles between 31.6 and 42.2 ° to minimize steric interactions; these angles are also in the range found for (B). The mean value of the P-C bonds, 1.764 (3) A, is comparable to that found in (B) and in other compounds such as phosphaferrocene, 1.763 (5), (Mathey, Mitschler & Weiss, 1977) (16) C (12) C (17) C(121 phaferrocene, 1.767 (2)A, (de Lauzon, Deschamps, Fischer, Mathey & Mitschler, 1980) and probably not significantly different from what has been found in the complex PCsHE(C6Hs)3Cr(CO)5 (C) or in uncomplexed phosphorins (Fischer, Hellner, Chatzidakis & Dimroth, 1968;Bart & Daly, 1968;Wong & Bartell, 1974). PL 1: The C(phosphorin)-C(phosphorin) bond length has a mean value of 1.446 (3) A, of the same order as that found in complex (B), 1.457 (7)A, and slightly larger than the mean value found in complex (C) as well as in uncomplexed phosphorins (ca 1.40A).…”