Crystal structure of the spirophosphorane (OCMe2C(O)O)2PH
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The crystal structure of the spirobicyclic phosphorane (OCMe2C(O)O)2PH, 1, has been determined. Crystals of C8H13O6P, 1, are orthorhombic, a = 10.515(2), b = 10.623(2), c = 20.552(2) Å, Z = 8, space group Pca21. The structure was solved by direct methods and refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to R = 0.037 (Rw = 0.033) for 1616 reflections with I > 3sigma(I). The structure consists of two independent molecules each displaying a distorted trigonal bipyramidal geometry; the distortion follows closely the Berry pseudorotation coordinate.Key words: crystal structure, phosphorane, Berry pseudorotation, trigonal bipyramid.