To fully utilize Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, a comprehensive and well-organized compilation of NMR data is necessary. While compilations have been available for other important NMR nuclei, such as carbon and fluorine, no comprehensive collection of data has been prepared for phosphorus-until now. The CRC Handbook of Phosphorus-31 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Data provides a collection of 31P NMR chemical shifts for nearly 20,000 organic and inorganic phosphorus compounds. Each class of phosphorus compound is discussed. Bond types, stereochemistry (with the exception of metal complexes), media, important coupling constants, and data sources are included. The information is systematically organized according to coordination state, the atoms bound to phosphorus, and their connectivities. A comprehensive series of bar charts is also included to allow structure types to be assigned to chemical shift data. This handbook is an invaluable resource for all scientists working with phosphorus compounds, including chemists, biochemists, medical researchers, and pharmaceutical chemists.

A compilation of phosphorus-31 chemical shifts of organophosphorus compounds. Important coupling constants involving phosphorus are given but references to NMR data relating specifically to other nuclei are not included. 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. The data is organized systematically, primarily according to the atomic environment of the phosphorus nuclei and then according to molecular formula. This allows the retrieval of NMR data for a specific compound and, where that is not available, to locate data for a phosphorus atom with as similar an environment as possible.
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