“…[18] No structure could be assigned, however, but ab initio calculations show the benzvalene structure as a global minimum for anionic, neutral, and cationic hexaphosphorus compounds. [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] P 6 rings are found as building blocks of organometallic complexes such as [{(h 5 -Cp*)M} 2 (m,h 6 -P 6 )] ( Figure 2) (Cp* = pentamethylcyclopentadienyl, M = V, [28,29] Mo, [30] W [28] ). A class of extremely moisture-and air-sensitive compounds containing isolated P 6 4À rings (point group 6/mmm) Abstract: The incongruent solvation of M I 4 P 6 species (M I = K, Rb, Cs) in liquid ammonia leads to a broad variety of polyphosphides such as P 7 3À , P 11 3À , and the putatively aromatic P 4 2À and P 5 À , which we investigated by using NMR spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray structure analysis.…”