. Can. J. Chem. 60,535 (1982). I-Methylpyrroles, in which the 2-position is occupied by a pentafluorocyclotriphosphazenyl (la), heptafluorocyclotetraphosphazenyl (lb), nonafluorocyclopentaphosphazenyl (Ic), or undecafluorocyclohexaphosphazenyl group (Id), have been prepared from 2-lithio-I-methylpyrrole and the corresponding fluorophosphazene. Crystals of Ib are monoclinic, a = 17.300(2), b = 5.0281(3), c = 16.902(2) A, P = 108.904(4)", Z = 4, space group P2,/n. The structure was solved by direct methods and was refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to R = 0.038 and R, = 0.047 for 1167 observed reflections. The N4P4 ring is nearly planar.The P-N bond lengths (corrected for libration) range from 1.524(5) to 1.562(5) A with a mean value of 1.541(17) A, and the mean ring angles are 122.9(20)" at phosphorus and 146.4(23)" at nitrogen. The geometry of the 1-methylpyrryl group shows no unexpected features, but the P-C bond (1.756(5) A) is significantly shorter than in typical P-phenyl derivatives, and the P-F bond at the same atom is comparatively long (1.561(4) A). Conjugative electron release from the pyrryl group, invo1vingp.-d, bonding, is indicated both by these geometrical features and by the appearance of intramolecular charge transfer bands in the electronic spectra of l(a-d).RAJENDRA D. SHARMA, STEVEN J. RETTIG, NORMAN L. PADDOCK et JAMES TROTTER. Can. J. Chem. 60.535 (1982). L a reaction du lithio-2 methyl-l pyrrole avec un fluorophospazene approprie conduit a des methyl-1 pyrroles dans lesquels on trouve en position 2 soit un pentafluorocyclotriphosphazenyle (la), soit un heptafluorocyclotetraphosphazCnyle (lb), soit un nonafluorocyclopentaphosphaz~yle phazenyl groups are similar to those of cyano-or is strongest for electron-releasing substituents. nitro-groups (I), but the electronic spectrum of a The pyrryl group is a good electron donor, because phenyi group is little changed by attachment to a canonical forms of pyrrole like 2b make an imporphosphazene ring ( 3 , and the results of a photo-tant contribution to its electronic structure; experelectron spectroscopic investigation are in better imentally, the first ionization energies of pyrrole agreement with the transmission of the electronic (8.20 eV) (6) and especially I-methylpyrrole 2 (7.95 effects of a phenyl group through the o-bond eV) (7) are significantly less than that of benzene system (3). (9.25 eV) (8). As a consequence of the conjugative The bonding system in phosphazenes is closely charge transfer to phosphorus, the tri(pyrry1) phosanalogous to that in phosphoryl compounds, in phine oxides 3 show an intense low frequency band which, again, the spectroscopic evidence (4) indi-in their electronic spectra (9), similar to that found cates only weak p,-6, bonding between phenyl in formyl-and acetyl-pyrroles (lo), which is attriband phosphoryl groups. Electronic delocalization uted to p,-d, bonding (9). on to phosphorus is limited by the relatively high.In the expectation that phosphazenyl and phoselectronegativity of carbon, and in ge...