The N-donor stabilised cyclotriphosphazene hexacation [P3N3(DMAP)6]6+

Ramamoorthy Boomishankar; Joanne Ledger; Jean-Baptiste Guilbaud; Neil L Campbell; John Bacsa; Richard Bonar-Law; Yaroslav Z Khimyak; Alexander Steiner

doi:10.1039/b713847d

The N-donor stabilised cyclotriphosphazene hexacation [P3N3(DMAP)6]6+

Chem Commun (Camb). 2007 Dec 28:(48):5152-4. doi: 10.1039/b713847d. Epub 2007 Oct 10.

Authors

Ramamoorthy Boomishankar¹, Joanne Ledger, Jean-Baptiste Guilbaud, Neil L Campbell, John Bacsa, Richard Bonar-Law, Yaroslav Z Khimyak, Alexander Steiner

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, UK.

PMID: 18060125
DOI: 10.1039/b713847d

Abstract

The cyclotriphosphazene P(3)N(3)Cl(6) reacts with six equivalents of DMAP (4-(dimethylamino)pyridine) in superheated chloroform to form crystals of composition [P(3)N(3)(DMAP)(6)]Cl(6).19CHCl(3) comprising [P(3)N(3)(DMAP)(6)](6+) ions, which host five chloride ions in basket-type cavities on either side of the ring and at equatorial positions via tetradentate ortho-H-donor arrangements.