title: Synthesis and characterization of new nitrogen-donor-stabilized N-silylphosphoranimine cations.
abstract: The phosphoranimine Br(CF3CH2O)2P=NSiMe3 (12) reacts quantitatively with nitrogen bases pyridine, 4,4'-bipyridine, and quinuclidine (quin) to form the N-donor stabilized phosphoranimine cations [N-donor.P(OCH2CF3)2=NSiMe3] ([15]+) in the presence of the halide abstractor AgOTf. In contrast to quinuclidine, in the absence of a halide abstractor, the weak bases pyridine and 4,4'-bipyridine do not undergo reactions with 12 or with the phosphoranimine Cl3P=NSiMe3 (7). Furthermore, unlike the weaker bases, quinuclidine also reacts with 7 to form the expected quinuclidine-stabilized phosphoranimine cation [quin.PCl2=NSiMe3]+ ([16]+) in the presence of AgOTf. However, in the absence of AgOTf, quinuclidine reacts with 7 to presumably yield the salt [16]Cl, which then undergoes a further quinuclidine ring-opening reaction to yield the cationic piperidyl-substituted phosphoranimine [(quin)CH2CH2C5H9N-PCl2=NSiMe3]Cl ([19]Cl). Reactions involving 7 and 12 with other halide abstraction reagents, such as GaCl3, are also described.
authors.affiliation: Davenport Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 3H6.
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Huynh
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rivard
authors.forename: Alan J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Lough
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Manners