Hydrogen-Bonded Complex of the Parent Phosphinidene

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The diatomic molecule PH is very reactive, and it serves as the parent compound for phosphinidenes featuring a monovalent phosphorus atom. Herein, we report the characterization and reactivity of a rare hydrogen-bonded complex of PH. Specifically, the molecular complex between PH and HCl has been generated by photolysis of chlorophosphine (H2 PCl) at 254 nm in a solid Ar-matrix at 10 K. The IR spectrum of the complex HP⋅⋅⋅HCl and quantum chemical calculations at the UCCSD(T)-F12a/haTZ level consistently prove that the phosphorus atom acts as a hydrogen bond acceptor with a binding energy (D0 ) of -0.6 kcal mol-1 . In line with the observed absorption at 341 nm for the binary complex, the triplet phosphinidene PH undergoes prototype H-Cl bond insertion by reformation of H2 PCl upon photoexcitation at 365 nm. However, this hydrogen-bonded complex is unstable in the presence of N2 and HCl, as both molecules prefers stronger interactions with HCl than PH in the observed complexes HP⋅⋅⋅HCl⋅⋅⋅N2 and HP⋅⋅⋅2HCl.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) - (2024) vom: 29. Feb., Seite e202400490

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jiang, Junjie [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Bo [VerfasserIn]
Li, Weixing [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Qi [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Xiaoqing [VerfasserIn]

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Hydrogen bonds
Insertion reaction
Journal Article
Matrix isolation
Phosphinidenes
Reactive intermediates

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Date Revised 15.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1002/chem.202400490

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NLM369112695