Volume 7, Issue 1 pp. 67-95

The synthesis and structure of triphenylsiloxycyclotriphosphazenes

Harry R. Allcock

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Harry R. Allcock

Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802

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David J. Brennan

David J. Brennan

Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802

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Robert R. Whittle

Robert R. Whittle

Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802

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Abstract

The triphenylsiloxy-substituted cyclotriphosphazenes, N3P3Cl5OSiPh3, gem-N3P3Cl4(OSiPh3)2, N3P3(OSiPh3)6, and N3P3(OPh)5OSiPh3, have been prepared. The synthesis of gem-N3P3Cl4(OSiPh3)2 involves the reaction of (NPCl2)3 with Ph3SiONa to form the intermediates gem-N3P3Cl4(OSiPh3)2(ONa) and gem-N3P3Cl4(ONa)2, which yield gem-N3P3Cl4(OSiPh3)2 when treated with Ph3SiCl. The compounds N3P3Cl5OSiPh3 and N3P3(OSiPh3)0 are formed by the condensation reactions of N3P3Cl5OBun and N3P3(OBun)6, respectively, with Ph3SiCl. The compound N3P3(OPh)5OSiPh3 is synthesized by the reaction between N3P3(OPh)5Cl and Et3SiONa to first give the intermediate N3P3(OPh)5ONa, which yields N3P3(OPh)5OSiPh3 when reacted with Ph3SiCl. The structural characterization and properties of these compounds are discussed. The crystal and molecular structure of gem-N3P3Cl4(OSiPh3)2 has been investigated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction techniques. The crystals are monoclinic with the space group P21/c with a = 16.850(8), b = 12.829(4), c = 18.505(15) Å, and β = 101.00(6)° with V = 3927 Å3 and Z = 4. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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