Dimethylphenylphosphine

<h2 id="preparation">Preparation</h2>
Dimethylphenylphosphine is prepared by the reaction of <a href="/facts/Grignard_reaction/DfhXQ6SG">methylmagnesium halide</a> with <a href="/facts/Dichlorophenylphosphine/mTlt1r5V">dichlorophenylphosphine</a>.

(C6H5)Cl2P + 2CH3MgBr → (C6H5)(CH3)2P + 2MgBrCl
The <a href="/facts/Phosphine/aYysn5TS">phosphine</a> is purified by distillation under reduced pressure.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1">1</a>
A solution of (C6H5)(CH3)2P in CDCl3 shows <a href="/facts/Proton_NMR/g9AGxvSP">proton NMR</a> signals at δ 7.0-7.5 and a doublet at δ 1.2. The <a href="/facts/Phosphorus-31_NMR/0t8CaSjY">phosphorus-31 NMR</a> spectrum shows a singlet at -45.9 ppm in CDCl3.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2">2</a>

<h2 id="structure-and-properties">Structure and properties</h2>
Dimethylphenylphosphine is a <a href="/facts/Trigonal_pyramidal_molecular_geometry/1hvdUNrp">pyramidal molecule</a> where the <a href="/facts/Phenyl/Ql9Yx5uu">phenyl</a> group and two <a href="/facts/Methyl/fkM97EMD">methyl</a> groups are connected to the phosphorus. The <a href="/facts/Bond_length/rHHIBH6q">bond length</a> and angles are the following: P-CMe: 1.844, P-CPh: 1.845 Å, C-C: 1.401 Å, C-HMe: 1.090 Å, C-HPh: 1.067 Å, C-P-C: 96.9°, C-P-C (ring): 103.4°, P-C-H: 115.2°.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a>
When attached to chiral metal centers, the P-methyl groups are <a href="/facts/Diastereoisomer/ReBkFoCP">diastereotopic</a>, appearing as separate doublets in the 1H NMR spectrum.

<h2 id="comparisons-with-related-phosphine-ligands">Comparisons with related phosphine ligands</h2>
The νCO of IrCl(CO)(PPh3)2 and IrCl(CO)(PMe2Ph)2 are both at 1960 cm−1, whereas νCO for IrCl(CO)(PMe3)2 is at 1938 cm−1.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a>
In terms of basicity, dimethylphenylphosphine is intermediate between that of trialkyl- and triphenylphosphine:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a>

<ul><li>[HPEt3]+ = 8.7</li>
<li>[HPMe2Ph]+ = 6.8</li>
<li>[HPPh3]+ = 2.7</li></ul>
The ligand <a href="/facts/Cone_angle/Ie0bdRpR">cone angle</a> (θ) is the apex angle of a cylindrical cone, which is centered 2.28 Å from the center of the P atom. However, the cone angle of an unsymmetrical ligand cannot be determined in the same. In order to determine an effective cone angle for an unsymmetrical ligand PX1X2X3, the following equation is used:

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    {\displaystyle \theta ={\frac {2}{3}}\sum _{i=1}^{3}{\frac {\theta _{i}}{2}}}

Where θi represent the half angle.
The resulting angles for PMe3, PMe2Ph, PPh3 are:
PMe3 = 118°, PMe2Ph = 122°, PPh3 = 145°. Thus, PMe2Ph is intermediate in size relative to PMe3 and PPh3.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:3">Novikov, V. P.; Kolomeets, V. I., Syshchikov, Yu. N.; Vilkov, L. V.; Yarkov, A. V.; Tsvetkov, E. N.; Raevskii, O.A. "Investigation of structure of dimethylphenylphosphine by means of gas-phase electron diffraction and vibrational spectroscopy" Zh. Strukt. Khim. (J. Struc. Chem.) 1984, volume 25, No. 5, 688. doi:10.1007/BF00747909 <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">S. A. Cotton, Chemistry of Precious Metals., 1997, 152-157, ISBN 0-7514-0413-6, ISBN 978-0-7514-0413-5 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:5">A. R. Norris; J. A. V. Kessel, "Oxidative addition of 3,5-Dinitrobenzoyl Chloride to trans-Chlorocarbonylbis(dimethylphenylphosphine)iridium(I) Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 1973, volume 51, 4145-4151, doi:10.1139/CJC-51-24-4145. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:6">Russell C. Bush; Robert J. Angelici (1988). "Phosphine Basicities As Determined by Enthalpies of Protonation". Inorg. Chem. 27 (4): 681–686. doi:10.1021/ic00277a022. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Angelici&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">/w/index.php?title=Robert_Angelici&action=edit&redlink=1</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:7">Tianshu Li; Alan J. Lough; Robert H. Morris (2007). "An Acidity scale of Tetrafluoroborate Salts of Phosphonium and Iron Hydride compounds in [D2]Dichloromethane". Chemistry: A European Journal. 13 (13): 3796–3803. doi:10.1002/chem.200601484. PMID 17245785.. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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