| Table of Contents | Page |
| Foreword | 5 |
| Chapter 1. Introduction to P-31 NMR Spectroscopy | 7 |
| A. Some Aspects of P-31 NMR Spectroscopy | 7 |
| B. Factors Influencing P-31 Chemical Shifts | 9 |
| C. Compilations of P-31 Shift Data | 13 |
| D. Computer Programs for Chemical Shift Prediction | 14 |
| E. Preliminary Comments to the Chapters on P-31 Interpretations | 14 |
| Chapter 2. Phosphoric Acid Derivatives | 15 |
| A. Alkyl and Aryl Phosphates; Biophosphates | 15 |
| B. Amino and Imino Derivatives of Phosphates | 18 |
| C. Halo Derivatives of Phosphates and Phosphoramides | 21 |
| D. Pyrophosphates and Triphosphates | 23 |
| E. Cyclic Phosphates and Phosphoramides | 25 |
| F. Predicting Chemical Shifts of Phosphates and Phosphoramides | 28 |
| Chapter 3. Phosphonic and Phosphinic Acids and Derivatives | 29 |
| A. P-Alkyl Phosphonic Acids and Esters | 29 |
| B. P-Aryl Phosphonic Acids and Esters | 33 |
| C. H-Phosphonates | 35 |
| D. Phosphinic Acids (R2PO(OH)) and Esters | 37 |
| E. Phosphonamides and Phosphinamides | 38 |
| F. P-Halo Derivatives | 38 |
| G. Effects from Incorporating the P-Function in Cyclic Structures | 40 |
| Chapter 4. Thio and Seleno Derivatives of Phosphates, Phosphonates and Phosphinates | 43 |
| A. Effects of Replacing P=O by P=S or P=Se | 43 |
| B. P-SR and P-SeR Functions | 44 |
| C. Thio Acids and Their Resonant Anions | 45 |
| Chapter 5. Phosphonous and Phosphinous Acid Esters and Amides | 49 |
| A. Phosphonous Acid Esters (Phosphonites) | 49 |
| B. Phosphinous Acid Esters (Phosphinites) | 50 |
| C. Amides of Phosphonous and Phosphinous Acids | 51 |
| Chapter 6. Phosphonous and Phosphinous Acid Halides (Halophosphines) | 53 |
| A. Phosphonous Halides | 53 |
| B. Phosphinous Halides | 55 |
| Chapter 7. 3-Coordinate Phosphorous Acid Derivatives | 57 |
| A. Alkyl and Aryl Phosphites | 57 |
| B. Halophosphites | 57 |
| C. Phosphoramidites and Triaminophosphines | 58 |
| D. Other Types of Phosphite Derivatives | 59 |
| Chapter 8. Phosphines | 61 |
| A. Primary Phosphines | 61 |
| B. Secondary Phosphines; Phosphide Anions | 62 |
| C. Tertiary Phosphines | 64 |
| D. Calculations of the Chemical Shifts of Phosphines | 68 |
| Chapter 9. Phosphine Oxides, Sulfides and Selenides | 71 |
| A. Primary Phosphine Oxides | 71 |
| B. Secondary Phosphine Oxides | 71 |
| C. Tertiary Phosphine Oxides | 71 |
| D. Effects of Replacing Oxygen by Sulfur or Selenium | 72 |
| Chapter 10. Phosphonium Salts and Ylides | 75 |
| A. Protonated Phosphines | 75 |
| B. Quaternary Phosphonium Salts | 75 |
| C. Ylides | 77 |
| Chapter 11. Heterophosphonium Salts | 79 |
| Chapter 12. Compounds with 5- and 6-Coordinate Phosphorus | 81 |
| A. The 5-Coordinate Phosphoranes | 81 |
| B. Compounds with 6-Coordinate Phosphorus | 83 |
| Chapter 13. Compounds with P-P Bonds | 87 |
| Chapter 14. Phosphorus Compounds with True Multiple Bonds to P | 91 |
| A. General | 91 |
| B. The Phosphorus-Carbon Triple Bond | 91 |
| C. The Phosphorus-Carbon Double Bond | 91 |
| D. The Phosphorus-Nitrogen Double Bond | 92 |
| E. The Phosphorus-Phosphorus Double Bond | 93 |
| F. Double Bonds to Other Atoms | 93 |
| Chapter 15. Special Families of Heterocyclic Phosphines | 95 |
| A. Unsaturated 5-membered rings | 95 |
| B. Unsaturated Bicyclic Structures | 96 |
| C. The C=P unit in 5- and 6-membered Rings | 98 |
| Chapter 16. Computer Assisted Structure Verification | 101 |
| A. An Introduction to NMR Prediction Technology | 101 |
| B. P-31 NMR Prediction | 102 |
| C. Enhancing NMR Prediction with User Training | 104 |
| D. Validating P-31 NMR Prediction | 105 |
| E. Structure Verification Using Content Databases | 110 |
| F. Multinuclear Database Searching to Enable Structure Verification | 113 |
| G. Conclusion | 116 |
| References | 117 |
| APPENDIX A | 121 |
| Conversion of ACD/XNMR ID Numbers to Journal References | 121 |
| APPENDIX B | 129 |
| APPENDIX C | 130 |