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February 2009  

Received 20 January 2009
Accepted 23 January 2009
Online 28 January 2009

Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 200 K
Mean [sigma](C-C) = 0.002 Å
R = 0.033
wR = 0.096
Data-to-parameter ratio = 22.5
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1,1,2,2-Tetraphenyl-1[lambda]5-diphosphane 1-sulfide

aLeibniz-Institut für Katalyse e. V. an der Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 29a, 18059 Rostock, Germany, and bLinde AG, Linde Engineering Division, Dr.-Carl-von-Linde-Strasse 6-14, 82049 Pullach, Germany
Correspondence e-mail: bhaskar-reddy.aluri@catalysis.de

In the title molecule, C24H20P2S, the P-P bond length is 2.2263 (5) Å. The two phenyl rings attached to the three- and five-coordinated P atoms, respectively, form dihedral angles of 56.22 (5) and 71.74 (5)°.

Related literature

For the literature on related compounds, see: Bhattacharyya et al. (1996[Bhattacharyya, P., Slawin, A. M. Z., Smith, M. B., Williams, D. J. & Woollins, J. D. (1996). J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans. pp. 3647-3651.]); Gruber et al. (1990[Gruber, M., Jones, P. G. & Schmutzler, R. (1990). Chem. Ber. 123, 1313-1317.]); Jones et al. (2002[Jones, P. G., Fischer, A. K., Farkens, M. & Schmutzler, R. (2002). Acta Cryst. E58, m478-m479.]).

[Scheme 1]

Experimental

Crystal data
  • C24H20P2S

  • Mr = 402.40

  • Monoclinic, P 21 /c

  • a = 9.32670 (19) Å

  • b = 13.6496 (4) Å

  • c = 16.0484 (4) Å

  • [beta] = 91.7298 (17)°

  • V = 2042.12 (9) Å3

  • Z = 4

  • Mo K[alpha] radiation

  • [mu] = 0.32 mm-1

  • T = 200 (2) K

  • 0.45 × 0.30 × 0.28 mm

Data collection
  • Stoe IPDS II diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: numerical (X-SHAPE; Stoe & Cie, 2005[Stoe & Cie (2005). X-SHAPE, X-RED and X-AREA. Stoe & Cie, Darmstadt, Germany.]) Tmin = 0.892, Tmax = 0.961

  • 38972 measured reflections

  • 5499 independent reflections

  • 4493 reflections with I > 2[sigma](I)

  • Rint = 0.027

Refinement
  • R[F2 > 2[sigma](F2)] = 0.033

  • wR(F2) = 0.096

  • S = 1.08

  • 5499 reflections

  • 244 parameters

  • 1 restraint

  • H-atom parameters constrained

  • [Delta][rho]max = 0.29 e Å-3

  • [Delta][rho]min = -0.28 e Å-3

Data collection: X-AREA (Stoe & Cie, 2005[Stoe & Cie (2005). X-SHAPE, X-RED and X-AREA. Stoe & Cie, Darmstadt, Germany.]); cell refinement: X-AREA; data reduction: X-RED (Stoe & Cie, 2005[Stoe & Cie (2005). X-SHAPE, X-RED and X-AREA. Stoe & Cie, Darmstadt, Germany.]); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL.


Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: CV2512 ).


Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e. V. an der Universität Rostock.

References

Bhattacharyya, P., Slawin, A. M. Z., Smith, M. B., Williams, D. J. & Woollins, J. D. (1996). J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans. pp. 3647-3651.  [CrossRef]
Gruber, M., Jones, P. G. & Schmutzler, R. (1990). Chem. Ber. 123, 1313-1317.  [CrossRef] [ChemPort]
Jones, P. G., Fischer, A. K., Farkens, M. & Schmutzler, R. (2002). Acta Cryst. E58, m478-m479.  [CSD] [CrossRef] [details]
Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.  [CrossRef] [details]
Stoe & Cie (2005). X-SHAPE, X-RED and X-AREA. Stoe & Cie, Darmstadt, Germany.


Acta Cryst (2009). E65, o404  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536809002955 ]

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