This study examines how the mono primary and mono secondary amine groups on the cyclotriphosphazene ring will direct the tetraethylene glycol (a flexible diol) and which of the five active P-Cl bonds in the structure will be preferred in detail. Isopropylaminopentachlorocyclotriphosphazene (1a) and dimethylaminopentachloro-cyclotriphosphazene (1b) were reacted with the disodium salt of tetraethylene glycol in THF solution at 1:1 mole ratio. Four new cyclotriphosphazene derivatives; 1,3-mono ansa (2a), mono spiro (3b), trans 3,5-mono ansa (4b) and cis 3,5-mono ansa (5b) were isolated. The structures of these compounds were characterized by elemental analysis, mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF), 1H and 31P NMR spectroscopy. Additionally, the structure of compounds 2a, 4b and 5b were illuminated by single crystal X-Ray diffraction technique. In the reaction of compound 1a with the disodium salt of tetraethylene glycol, it was determined that the ONa+ group was primarily replaced the chlorine atom of the PCl(NHR) group (via proton abstraction/chloride elimination), whereas compound 1b gave a nucleophilic substitution reaction with chlorine atoms on other phosphorus atoms (via SN2 and SN1 reaction mechanisms, respectively).
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