J. Ellermann et al., CHEMISTRY OF POLYFUNCTIONAL MOLECULES .11 2. RING ENLARGEMENT REACTIONS OF A SPIROCYCLIC COBALTAPHOSPHAZENE WITH OXYGEN, SULFUR, AND SELENIUM, Chemische Berichte, 127(6), 1994, pp. 1015-1020
The spirocyclic cobaltaphosphazene 1 which contains cobalt-connected t
hree-, five-, and six-membered rings undergoes ring enlargement reacti
ons by treatment with O2, S8, and Se8. The resulting paramagnetic spir
ocyclic cobalta-phosphazenoids 2a-c (E = O, S, Se) consist of eight-me
mbered chelate rings connected at the spiro-cobalt(II) centre forming
a tetrahedral CoE4 core. The compounds 2a-c have been characterized by
X-ray analyses, H-1, C-13{H-1}, P-31{H-1} NMR, IR, Raman, UV/Vis/NIR,
EI/FD mass spectroscopy, and magnetic measurements.