REACTIONS OF ALCOHOLS AND MERCAPTANS WITH TETRAPHOSPHORUS TRICHALCOGENIDE DIIODIDES

alpha-P(4)E(3)(I)R and alpha-P(4)E(3)R(2) (R = -OCH3, -OC2H5, -OCH(CH3 )(2), -OC(CH3)(3) and -OC6H5) have been detected in the reaction solut ions of alpha-P(4)E(3)I(2) (E = S, Se) with alcohols in the presence o f triethylamine, or with trimethyltin alkoxides in CS2. beta-P4S3I2 re acted with methanol at 243 K in CS2 to yield beta-P4S3(I)OCH3, beta-P4 S3(OCH3)(exo)(OCH3)(endo), and beta-P4S3[(OCH3)(exo)](2). The thiolate s alpha-P(4)Se(3)R(2)' (R' = -SC2H5, -n-SC5H11, -n-SC7H15, -SC(CH3)(3) and -SC6H5) were found in reaction solutions of alpha-P4Se3](2) with thiols HR'. The P-31 NMR data of these compounds are given.