Structure of 1,4-heterophosphinanes: Experimental and theoretical studies

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Yana A. Vereshchagina, yavereshchagina@yahoo.com1, Aisylu A. Gazizova, ais_gazizova@yahoo.com1, Denis V. Chachkov, chachkovd@mail.ru1, Eleonora A. Ishmaeva, eleonora.ishmaeva@ksu.ru2, and Mikhail G. Voronkov, N/A3. (1) Institute of Petroleum and Chemistry, Kazan State Technological University, K. Marx St., 68, Kazan, 420015, Russia, (2) A.M.Butlerov Institute of Chemistry, Kazan State University, Kremlevskaya St., 18, Kazan, 420008, Russia, (3) A.E.Favorsky Institute of Chemistry, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Favorsky St., 1, Irkutsk, 664033, Russia
Structure of 4-phenyl-4-seleno-1,4-thiaphosphinane (1), 1,1-dimethyl-4-phenyl-4-seleno-1,4-silaphosphinane (2), and 1,1-dimethyl-4-phenyl-1,4-silaphosphinane (3) was studied by the methods of dipole moments (DM), Kerr effect, molecular mechanics (MM), and theoretical calculations (DFT B3LYP/6-31G*). Analysis of experimental and calculated (vector-additive scheme) DM led to a conclusion about the preference of chair conformer with equatorial phenyl substituent for (1-3). Chair conformation with parallel arrangement of the phenyl ring and the P=Se group is preferred for (2) according to experimental and calculated Kerr constants. The conformers with axial P=Se bond (1, 2) or the lone pair at the P atom (3) have the energy minima (ΔE = 0 kcal.mol-1) according to MM and B3LYP/6-31G* calculations. Theoretical results correspond to experimental data and calculated DM. Chair conformation with equatorial exocyclic phenyl substituent is preferred for 1,4-heterophosphinanes independently of the nature of second heteroatom in phosphorus heterocycle (sulfur or silicon), and the coordination state of the phosphorus atom (PIII or PIV).