DOI:10.1007/s11224-016-0780-3

A computational study of azaphospholes: anions and neutral tautomers

One hundred and eleven azaphospholes (31 anions and 80 neutral compounds) have been studied theoretically at the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level. Among the analyzed properties, there are the geometries, mainly the non-planarity of the PH tautomers, the isomerism of the anions, the NH/PH tautomerism of neutral compounds, the chemical shifts and spin–spin coupling constants. The aromaticity has been assessed through Schleyer’s NICS values, preferably NICS(1). Finally, we have compared our calculations with previous ones as well as with the available experimental data for the calculated compounds and for related ones