1D-3,4-Di-O-(diphenylmethylphosphonio)-1,2,5, 6-tetra-O-methyl-chiro-inositol diiodide.
The title compound, 3,4,5,6-tetramethoxycyclohexane-1, 2-diyldioxybis(methyldiphenylphosphonium) diiodide, C(36)H(44)O(6)P(2)(2+).2I(-), was prepared from a New Zealand natural product, D-chiro-inositol, in order to develop new catalytic metal complexes. The inositol ring retains its usual chair conformation with only minor perturbations caused by the bound diphenylmethylphosphines. Crystal-packing forces are provided by C-H. I cation-anion interactions.
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