The Kerr Effect and the Structure of Organophosphorus Compounds

The results of research on the steric and electronic structures of organophosphorus compounds with the aid of the Kerr effect and the combined employment of the Kerr effect and other physical methods (dipole moments, depolarisation of Rayleigh light scattering, spectroscopic methods) are surveyed. The additive refractions, polarities and polarisabilities of phosphorus bonds are analysed and data are presented on the conformational analysis of acyclic phosphorus-containing molecules and four-, five-, and six-membered phosphorus-containing heterocycles.
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