Reversible skeletal substitution reactions involving group 13 heterophosphazenes

Andrew R McWilliams; Eric Rivard; Alan J Lough; Ian Manners

doi:10.1039/b201582j

Reversible skeletal substitution reactions involving group 13 heterophosphazenes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2002 May 21:(10):1102-3. doi: 10.1039/b201582j.

Authors

Andrew R McWilliams¹, Eric Rivard, Alan J Lough, Ian Manners

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3H6.

PMID: 12122685
DOI: 10.1039/b201582j

Abstract

The cyclic boratophosphazene, N(PCl2NMe)2BCl2 1, reacts with two equivalents of AlMe3 to give the aluminatophosphazene heterocycle, N(PCl2NMe)2AlClMe 4. The unprecedented reverse skeletal substitution (Al for B) was accomplished by treating 4 with Ag[BF4] to form the fluorinated boratophosphazene N(PCl2NMe)2BF2 5.