CHEMISTRY OF POLYFUNCTIONAL MOLECULES .11. FORMATION AND COMPLEX STABILIZATION OF A NEW CHAIN-LIKE PHOSPHAZENE ANION BY CO(II)-ASSISTED OXIDATIVE SCRAMBLING OF [N(PPH2)2]-
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Cobalt(II) chloride acts as an oxidizing agent toward lithium bis(diph
enylphosphino)amide! Surprisingly, in boiling toluene the two componen
ts (molar ratio 1:2) form a phosphazene anion with scrambling of the a
mide, which reacts further with cobalt(II) to give the spirocyclic met
allaphosphazene 1.