Phosphorus–nitrogen compounds. Part XXIV. Studies on the alcoholysis and hydrolysis of geminal phenylchlorocyclotriphosphazatrienes. Some “cyclotriphosphazadienes” and a “cyclotriphosphazene”
Abstract
The reactions of some geminal phenylchlorocyclotriphosphazatrienes, N3P3Ph2Cl4 and N3P3Ph4Cl2, with alkoxide ions have been investigated. The expected geminal alkoxy-derivatives, N3P3Ph2(OR)4 and N3P3Ph4(OR)2, have been isolated together with variable yields of by-products in which one alkoxy-group of the alkoxyphenylcyclo-triphosphazatriene has been replaced by the elements of a hydroxy group to yield “cyclotriphosphazadienes”. Treatment of the geminal diethoxytetraphenyl- and of hexamethoxy-cyclotriphosphazatriene with anhydrous hydrogen chloride led to a “cyclotriphosphazadiene” and a “cyclotriphosphazene,” respectively. 2,4,6-Tribenzyloxy-1,3,5-tribenzyl-2,4,6-trioxocyclotriphosphazane has been O-debenzylated by treatment with sodium iodide in acetone. Structures for these partially “hydrolysed” products are suggested on the evidence of their infrared and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectra, and their mode of formation is discussed, comparisons being drawn with the products of hydrolysis of chloro- and alkoxy-phosphazenes.