p-Tolyl bis(o-tolylamido)phosphinate

Abstract

In the title compound, C21H23N2O2P, the P atom has a distorted tetrahedral configuration. The O atom of the OC6H4-4-CH3 group and the N atoms show sp2 character. In the crystal, adjacent molecules are linked by N—H...O hydrogen bonds into helical chains parallel to the b axis.