@ARTICLE\{IMM2005-04199, author = "J. P\'{e}rez and L. García and M. Kessler and K. Nols{\o}e and E. E. P\'{e}rez and J. Serrano and J. F. Martínez and R. L. Carrascosa", title = "Solid state conformational classification of eight-membered rings", year = "2005", month = "jan", keywords = "Copper; {CSD}; Conformatiion analysis", pages = "2432-2436", journal = "Inorganica Chimica Acta", volume = "358", editor = "", number = "7", publisher = "", url = "http://www2.compute.dtu.dk/pubdb/pubs/4199-full.html", abstract = "A statistical classification of the solid state conformation in the title complexes using data retrieved from the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) has been made. Phosphate and phosphinate complexes show a chair conformation preferably. In phosphonate complexes, the most frequent conformations are found to be boat–chair, chair and boat–boat; in all the boat–chair cases, the phosphorus atoms appear connected by a bridging carbon atom." }