title: Synthesis and structure of nongeminally substituted cyclic phosphazenes with haloalkyl and thioester functional groups.
abstract: Nongeminally substituted cyclic phosphazenes with various haloalkyl substituents were prepared using deprotonation-substitution reactions at the methyl groups of the cis isomers of nongeminally substituted cis-[Me(Ph)P=N]3, 2. Treatment of 2 with n-BuLi followed by reaction with organic halogenated reagents (RX=C2Cl6, BrC(O)CMe2Br, and ICH2COOEt) at low temperature afforded the various cyclic derivatives cis-[(XCH2)(Ph)PN]3 (3, X=Cl, 4, Br, and 5, I). The mono- and dibromoalkyl derivatives, cis-[Ph3(BrCH2)Me2P3N3], 6, and [Ph3(BrCH2)2MeP3N3], 7, were also isolated along with 4 when the electrophile was dibromoethane. Reaction of cis-[Ph(BrCH2)PN]3, 4, with KSC(O)Me gave cis-[Ph(MeC(O)SCH2)PN]3, 8. The structures of all the cis cyclic phosphazenes were determined by NMR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. All retained the basketlike shape with the hydrophobic phenyl groups opposite the haloalkyl groups on the P3N3 ring. Thermal analysis of the new cyclic trimers indicates that ring-opening polymerization does not occur. The melting points and the thermal stabilities of haloalkyl cyclophosphazenes were higher than those of the parent compound 2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314.
authors.forename: June-Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Srinagesh K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Potluri
authors.forename: Hongming
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Patty
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wisian-Neilson