The molecular structure of 1-(2′-triphenylphosphonio-3′,3′,4′,4′-tetrafluorocyclo-butenyl) (3,3-difluorocyclobutene-2,4-dionate)•chloroform solvate
The title compound, C26F15O2F6P(0.5CHCl3) (A), crystallizes as pale yellow crystals in the monoclinic system C2/c with a = 29.624(6), b = 10.224(3), c = 18.576(4) Å; β = 116.26(2)°, Z = 8. On the basis of 1652 observed reflections (I ≥ 2.3σ(I)) in the range 3° ≤ 2θ ≤ 42° the structure was solved and refined by least-squares methods to R = 0.042 and shown to be a zwitterion consisting of a phosphonium cation and a delocalised anion. The bond parameters of the cation are normal; P—C distances range from 1.773(5)–1.786(5) Å and C—P—C angles range from 106.4(2)–111.7(2)°. Within the delocalised anionic fragment of the molecule C—C distances range from 1.388(7)–1.440(8) Å and C—O distances are 1.216(7) and 1.208(7) Å.