ABSTRACT
The handbook aims to provide a compilation of phosphorus-31 chemical shifts of organophosphorus compounds which is as comprehensive as possible in the available space. Important coupling constants involving phosphorus are given but references to NMR data relating specifically to other nuclei are not included. Inevitably there has had to be some selection of the data since in 1987 it was estimated that there were over 40,000 items of 31P NMR data in the literature. Nevertheless, the Handbook contains all classes of nonmetallic compounds known at the time of compilation, covered with as large a variety of structure and stereochemistry as possible. Some metallic compounds have been included, notably when the metal is stabilizing an interesting structure and those compounds used as organic synthons. It has been our goal that each entry provides additional information not provided by other entries. Significant differences in chemical shift for otherwise similar structures was also a valid reason for inclusion of data in the Handbook. In most cases where the solvent and temperature were recorded they are also shown.
