Tris(2-methylphenyl)phosphonium tetrachloroborate.
The title compound, C(21)H(22)P(+).BCl(4)(-), is the first structurally characterized example of the [HP(o-tolyl)(3)](+) cation, presented here with BCl(4)(-) as the counter-ion. The cation has a near-tetrahedral P atom and the BCl(4)(-) anion is near-tetrahedral at boron. There are no unusually short cation-anion contacts.
Burke
J M
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Department of Chemistry, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, England.
Howard
J A
JA
Marder
T B
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Wilson
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