title: Transformations between monomeric, dimeric, and trimeric phosphazanes: oligomerizing NP analogues of olefins.
abstract: Isolation and characterization of a crystal mixture of iminophosphine 1 and diphosphazane 2 (R = Mes*, X = OTf) is enabled by the steric interactions between bulky substituents implicating monomer/dimer 1/2 equilibria and the conclusion is supported by the observation of a ring-expansion reaction to give a triphosphazane 3 (R = Dipp, X = Cl).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4J3, Canada. neil.burford@dal.ca
authors.forename: Neil
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authors.lastname: Burford
authors.forename: T Stanley
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authors.lastname: Cameron
authors.forename: Korey D
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authors.lastname: Conroy
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authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: Michael
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authors.lastname: Lumsden
authors.forename: Charles L B
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authors.lastname: Macdonald
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authors.lastname: McDonald
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authors.lastname: Phillips
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authors.lastname: Ragogna
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authors.lastname: Schurko
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authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: Roderick E
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