Abstract

The reaction of the tetrachlorophosphoranes RPCl4 (R=Me, Ph) with N,N′-dimethylurea (dmh) (1), or of the diazaphosphetidinone O=C(NMe)2PR (R=CCl3) (3) and chlorine with N,N′-bis(trimethylsilyl)-N,N′-dimethylurea (2) furnished the spiro compounds RP[(NMe)2C=O]2 (7-9). The dichlorophosphoranes O=C(NMe)2PRCl2 (4-6) are intermediates in these reactions; 4 and 6 were isolated but 5 could not be obtained pure. In the reaction of 4 with 2 a mixture of products was formed, from which the novel tricyclic diphosphorane 1,3,4,6,7,9,10-heptamethyl-5-oxa-1,3,7,9,10-pentaaza-4 λ5,6 λ5-diphosphadispiro-[3.1.3.1]decane-2,8-dione (10) was isolated in low yield. Its identity and structure were established by 1H, 13C and 31P NMR spectroscopy and by a single crystal X-ray structure determination, which confirmed the presence of the novel oxazadiphosphetidine ring. 10 crystallizes in C2/c with a = 1321.1(3), b = 687.6(1), c = 1674.5(3) pm, β= 103.30(2)° and Z = 4; R = 0.039 for 1437 unique observed reflections. A crystallographic twofold axis passes through the Me-N···O moiety of the central ring

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