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Synthesis of Some 4-Aryl Substituted Poly(alkyl/arylphosphazenes)

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A series of 4-aryl substituted poly(alkyl/arylphosphazenes), [N=P(Me)(p-C6H4–X]n (X = Br, Cl, OMe, CF3), were prepared via the thermal condensation polymerization of the corresponding N-silylphosphoranimines, Me3SiN=P(Me)(p-C6H4–X)–OR (R = CH2CF3, Ph). The new polymers were obtained in high yields and characterized by NMR spectroscopy and molecular weight measurements. Treatment of some of the same Si–N=P precursors with trifluoroethanol afforded the non-geminally substituted cyclic trimers, [N=P(Me)(p-C6H4–X]3 (X = OMe, CF3) as mixtures of cis and trans isomers. The pure cis isomer of the methoxy derivative was isolated and structurally characterized by X-ray diffraction.

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We thank the Robert A. Welch Foundation (Grant P-0759) and the TCU Research Fund for financial support of this work. The X-ray diffraction analysis was performed by William H. Watson and Satish Bodige, Texas Christian University.

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    Robert H. Neilson

  2. Department of Chemistry, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX, 77710, USA

    Bin Wang

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This paper is dedicated to Professor Chris Allen in honor of his outstanding contributions to the fields of inorganic polymer and main group element chemistry.

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Neilson, R.H., Wang, B. Synthesis of Some 4-Aryl Substituted Poly(alkyl/arylphosphazenes). J Inorg Organomet Polym 17, 407–412 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-007-9124-5

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