Structural and Electronic Information on Two Solid Iminophosphoranes, Obtained from NMR

Phosphorus-31 and carbon-13 CPMAS NMR spectra have been obtained for imino(triphenyl)phosphorane and amino(triphenyl)phosphonium bromide. Detailed analysis yields information about the ³¹P shielding tensor and the ¹⁴N quadrupole coupling tensor. The static ³¹P spectrum of the bromide was also analysed in terms of the relevant tensors. Ab initio calculations at the hf/6-31g* level reproduce the observed data well, except for the isotropic shifts, which require a larger basis set and/or higher level of theory. The orientations of the tensors in the molecular frame are derived for the bromide from the calculations.