Crystal structure of N-(di-phenyl-phosphor-yl)-2-meth-oxy-benzamide.

In the title compound, C(20)H(18)NO(3)P, the C=O and P=O groups of the carbacyl-amido-phosphate (CAPh) fragments are located in a synclinal position relative to each other and are pre-organized for bidentate chelate coordination of metal ions. The N-H group is involved in the formation of an intra-molecular hydrogen bond. In the crystal, mol-ecules do not form strong inter-molecular inter-actions but the mol-ecules are linked via weak C-H⋯π inter-actions, forming chains along [001].