TY - JOUR A1 - Dornhaus, Franz A1 - Lerner, Hans-Wolfram A1 - Bolte, Michael T1 - 1,2-Bis(phenylphosphoryl)ethane T2 - Acta crystallographica / Section E, Structure reports online N2 - The geometric parameters of the molecule of the title compound, C14H16O2P2, are in the usual ranges. It is a meso compound with the two chiral P atoms having opposite configurations. The P-CH2-CH2-P chain adopts a trans conformation [torsion angle -178.59 (17)°]. The P=O bonds are almost coplanar with the adjacent phenyl ring [torsion angles = 3.8 (3) and 0.3 (3)°]. Whereas one of them is synclinal [torsion angle = -59.0 (2)°] to the central C-C bond, the other is anticlinal [torsion angle = 56.6 (2)°] to the central C-C bond. The dihedral angle between the two phenyl rings is 5.2 (3)°. The molecules are linked by weak C-H...O hydrogen bonds. They crystallize in rows running along the c axis. Key indicators: single-crystal X-ray study; T = 173 K; mean σ(C–C) = 0.005 Å; R factor = 0.038; wR factor = 0.093; data-to-parameter ratio = 15.2. Y1 - 2008 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/6960 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-69653 N1 - This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/legalcode, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are cited. VL - 64 IS - o325 ER -