Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.39, No.2, 375-377, 2000
A novel synthesis of hexakis(trifluoromethyl)cyclotriphosphazene. Single-crystal X-ray structures of N3P3(CF3)(6) and N3P3F6
Reaction of hexafluorocyclotriphosphazene (N3P3F6) With trimethyl(trifluoromethyl)silane in the presence of a catalytic amount of cesium fluoride in THF produced hexakis(trifluoromethyl)cyclotriphosphaze [N3P3(CF3)(6)] in 90% isolated yield. N3P3(CF3)(6) is fully characterized by melting point, IR, NMR (F-19,C-13, (31)p), MS, and elemental analysis data. Single-crystal X-ray structures of N3P3(CF3)(6) and N3P3F6 are reported.