I. Dechamps-olivier et al., Influence of strong transannular N -> P interaction on acidity of cyclenphosphine sulfide, HELV CHIM A, 82(5), 1999, pp. 790-795
The acid-base behavior of cyclenphosphine sulfide (cyclenPS) is appreciably
different from that of cyclamphosphine sulfide (cyclamPS). The cyclenPS sh
ows five acid functionalities compared to four for cyclamPS. The filth acid
ic group in cyclenPS corresponds to the formation of a stable amidure in aq
ueous solution (pK(a) = 12.3). This behavior is due to the strong transannu
lar N - P interaction. The deprotonation sequences were established by P-31
-NMR and confirmed by modelling of cyclenPS.