127I Mössbauer spectra for phenyliodonium ylides

127I Mössbauer spectra for the phenyliodonium ylides were measured at 20 K. The valence electron populations (Ns, Nx-z) and the charge number (ZI) for iodine atom are estimated from the Mössbauer parameters. The obtained populations were very close to those of diphenyliodonium chloride having two I-C primary bonds. To examine the possibility of some double bond character, the electron populations for the case of Nz = 1.90 are estimated. In this case, the ZI values become larger as 1.2-1.3, and these values were unreasonably large because the values are close to those of PhICl2, PhI(OAc)2 having electron withdrawing ligands. Thereby, 127I Mössbauer parameters suggest little double bond character for phenyliodonium ylides.