Bifunctional trimethylsilyl ethers/thioethers/dithioethers react
readily with N3P3F6 in the presence
of a catalytic
amount of CsF in THF to yield spirofluorophosphazenes or dangling or
bridged fluorophosphazenes with
concomitant elimination of Me3SiF. With
sulfur-containing aliphatic bifunctional reagents of the type
Me3SiX(CH2)
n
SSiMe3, five- and
six-membered monospirofluorophosphazenes,
N3P3F4[X(CH2)
n
S]
[X = O or S; n = 2
or 3] (1−4), are formed in good yield.
Crystals of
N3P3F4[OCH2CH2S]
(1) are monoclinic, P21/c;
fw = 287.05,
a = 8.727(10) Å, b = 11.246(2) Å,
c = 9.787(2) Å, β = 100.91(10)°,
V = 943.2(3) Å3, and Z = 4.
N3P3P4[OCH2CH2CH2S] (2) is orthorhombic,
Pbca; fw = 301.08, a = 12.399(4) Å,
b = 10.105(2) Å, c = 16.787(2) Å,
V =
2103.3(9) Å3, Z = 8.
N3P3F4[SCH2CH2S]
(3) is triclinic, P1̄; fw = 303.11,
a = 9.501(2) Å, b = 9.764(3) Å,
c
= 11.092(5) Å, α = 74.97°, β = 88.03°, γ =
85.85°, V = 991.0(6) Å3, and
Z = 2.
N3P3F4[SCH2CH2CH2S]
(4)
is orthorhombic, Fdd2; fw = 317.14, a =
18.238(4) Å, b = 41.390(8) Å, c =
5.965(12) Å, V = 4503(2) Å3,
and
Z = 16. The 31P NMR spectra of these
derivatives show a large dependence on the ring size and an attempt
is
made to explain this observation on the basis of structural parameters.
Reactions of N3P3F6 with
disiloxanes
such as
(Me3SiOCH2CH2)2O
at temperatures below 80 °C yield only the dangling product
5a. When the reaction
temperature is elevated to ∼110 °C, an oily liquid that is
identified as the bridged fluorophosphazene
(N3P3F5OCH2CH2)2O (5b) is
isolated. When
[Me3SiOC(CF3)2]2C6F4
acts as a bifunctional reagent, a totally fluorinated
bridged phosphazene,
[N3P3F5OC(CF3)2]2C6F4
(6), forms at ∼65 °C. Aromatic disiloxanes are very
facile reagents
for the formation of spirocyclic products when
N3P3F6 is reacted under mild
conditions with the bis(trimethylsilyl)
ethers of 1,2-catechol, 3-fluoro-1,2-catechol, 2,3-naphthalenediol, and
2,2‘-biphenol. No ring degradation is
observed with
3-F-1,2-C6H3(OSiMe3)2
and
1,2-C6H4(OSiMe3)2,
which give the monospiro derivatives
N3P3F4[3-F-1,2-C6H4O2] (7)
and
N3P3F4[1,2-C6H4O2]
(8a) in good yields as well as the dispirophosphazene
derivative
N3P3F2[1,2-C6H4O2]2
(8b). Crystals of 8a are orthorhombic
Imma; fw = 319.03, a =
7.4642(5) Å, b = 9.5108(7) Å, c = 16.2807(12) Å, V =
1155.78(14) Å3, and Z = 4; 8b
is monoclinic, P21/n; fw = 389.12,
a = 10.015(10) Å, b = 5.612(10) Å; c =
27.818(4) Å, β = 96.70°, V = 1552.8(4)
Å3, Z = 4.
N3P3F4[2,3-C10H6O2]
(9a) is
monoclinic, P21/c; fw = 369.09,
a = 11.291(2) Å, b = 17.139(3) Å,
c = 7.183(10) Å, β = 101.68°, V =
1361.2(4) Å3, Z = 4;
N3P3F4[2,2‘-C12H8O2]
(10) is monoclinic C2/c; fw =
395.12, a = 24.932(5) Å, b =
7.930(10) Å;
c = 18.875(4) Å, β = 124.55°, V =
3073.6(10) Å3, Z = 8. The residual
fluorine atoms on the phosphazene rings
in 7, 8a, 9a, and 10 can be
substituted by fluorophenoxy groups on reaction with the corresponding
o-, m-, or
p-(trimethylsilyl)phenoxy ether to give fully
substituted phosphazenes of the type
N3P3X(OC6H4F)4
[X = 3-F-1,2-C6H3O2 (11),
1,2-C6H4O2 (12),
2,3-C10H6O2
(13−15)...