Talk:Phenylarsine oxide

Structure
I believe the structure of PhAsO currently shown in the article is misleading. Thanks to the double bond rule, species with As-O single bonds are much more stable. The crystal structure of a cyclic tetramer of PhAsO has been reported, alongside structures of some of its complexes with transition metals: [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/(SICI)1521-3749(199902)625:2%3C336::AID-ZAAC336%3E3.0.CO;2-6/abstract I. M. Müller, J. Mühle, ''Z. anorg. allg. Chem. 1999 625'', 336-340] ( DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3749(199902)625:2<336::AID-ZAAC336>3.0.CO;2-6 ).

--Ben (talk) 13:12, 28 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Greenwood and Earnshaw confirms that arsonous anhydrides (as they're apparently called), RAsO, are all polymeric and do not contain As=O double bonds. --Ben (talk) 11:38, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Article updated: diff. --Ben (talk) 12:14, 29 April 2016 (UTC)