Rivard Eric, Lough Alan J, Manners Ian
Department of Chemistry, Davenport Laboratories, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3H6.
Inorg Chem. 2004 May 3;43(9):2765-7. doi: 10.1021/ic049955z.
An improved synthetic route to the linear phosphazene salt [Cl3P=N=PCl3]Cl is reported. This species is a useful precursor to higher linear homologues and also to heterocycles such as the 16-membered carbophosphazene macrocycle [NCCl(NPCl2)3]2.