The stereochemistry of the chelate rings of a number of rhodium aminophosphine complexes is studied by NMRspectroscopy. The similarity in the variable-temperature behavior for the different compounds is consistent withthem having in common highly preferred chelate ring conformations. The six-membered metallacycle of coordinated(
R)-P*N (P*N =
o-diphenylphosphino-
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-methyl-
N,N-dimethylbenzylamine) adopts a
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conformation in the solidstate. NMR experiments indicate that this conformation is strongly favored in solution as well. The preferred senseof helicity is imposed by the absolute configuration of the stereogenic carbon atom on the ligand, which exerts animportant steric control. The complex [Rh(TFB){(C
6H
4CHMeNMe
2)
2P(C
6H
4CHMeNHMe
2)}](BF
4)
2·H
2O·Me
2COcrystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2(1) with
a = 12.0548(11) Å,
b = 16.139(2) Å,
c = 12.1804(10) Å,
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= 100.742(9)
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,
Z = 4.