title: Quasi-thermoneutral P --> B interactions within di- and tri-phosphine boranes.
abstract: Spectroscopic, structural, and theoretical evidence is provided for both open (no intramolecular P --> B interaction) and closed (with intramolecular P --> B interaction) forms of the di- and tri-phosphine boranes [o-(iPr(2)P)C(6)H(4)](2)BPh (2) and [o-(iPr(2)P)C(6)H(4)](3)B (3).
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Hétérochimie Fondamentale et Appliquée (UMR CNRS 5069), Université Paul Sabatier, 118, route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 09, France.
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bontemps
authors.forename: Ghenwa
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bouhadir
authors.forename: Philip W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Dyer
authors.forename: Karinne
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miqueu
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bourissou