Abstract Studies are reported of the electro-optical Kerr effect, electric dipole moments and IR carbonyl stretching frequencies of the nine EPh 3 (CO) 5 complexes (E P, As or Sb and M Cr, Mo or W). The experimental results are applied in conjunction with molecular mechanics calculations and data from X-ray crystal structure analysis, to explore the stereostructural preferences of the EPh 3 M (CO) 5 molecules with regard to orientations ...
