The title compound, C(23)H(19)PSe(2), has a central five-membered twist C(3)PSe ring conformation. One phenyl ring substituent, attached to an sp(2) carbon, is approximately coplanar with the C(3)PSe ring whilst the other organic substituents, attached to an sp(3)-carbon and a P(V) atom, lie on the same side of the ring.

The title compound, C16H12N2O, exists in the crystalline state as the 5-imino-3,4-di-phenyl--1H-pyrrol-2-one tautomer. The dihedral angles between the pyrrole and phenyl rings are 35.3 (2) and 55.3 (2)°. In the crystal, inversion dimers linked by pairs of N-H⋯N hydrogen bonds generate a graph-set motif of R 2 (2)(8) via N-H⋯N hydrogen bonds.

2-(Diphenyl-thio-phosphino)dimethyl-amino-methyl-ferrocene is a key inter-mediate in the synthesis of various ferrocenyl ligands. During one such synthesis, the title compound, [Fe(C(5)H(5))(C(20)H(22)NPS)](C(12)H(10)PS(2)), was isolated as a by-product. It is built up by association of (2-(diphenyl-phosphino)ferrocen-yl)meth-yl)dimethyl-ammonium cations and diphenyl-phosphino dithio-ate anions...

Fractionation of the chloroform extract of Wikstroemia coriacea led to the isolation of two new compounds, oleodaphnoic acid (1), a guaiane-type sesquiterpenoid, and coriaceol (2), an 1,5-diphenyl-1-pentanone analogue, together with nine known compounds. The structures of 1 and 2 were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic data analysis. The known compounds were oleodaphnal (3), indicanone (4), ...