Metal containing new inorganic ring systems based on siloxane and phosphazane frameworks

High-Field P-31 NMR spectroscopy and single crystal X-ray diffraction studi es have been used to study the ring opening and nucleophilic substitution r eactions of the lambda (3)-cyclotriphosphazane [EtNPCl](3). The synthesis o f the ring opened silicophosphonate [RSi(OH){OP(O)(H)(OH)}](2)O (R=(2,6-iPr (2)C(6)H(3))NSiMe3) (1) represents the first ever molecular silicophosphona te to be isolated bearing free reactive hydroxyl groups. The structure and conformation of the bulky aryloxide substituted lambda (3)-cyclotriphosphaz ane derivative [EtNP(OAr)](3) (Ar = 2,6-iPr(2)C(6)H(3)) (2) has also been i nvestigated. Interaction of 2 with transition metal precursor complexes lea ds to the isolation of phosphazane metal complexes with different mode of c o-ordination of 2. Further, the reaction of Cp*Ti(OAr)Cl-2 (Ar = 2,6-(CH3)( 2)C6H3H) with O{SiPh2(OH)}(2) gave the eight-membered trititanosiloxane [Cp *Ti(Cl) (O(SiPh2O)(2)SiPh2O) (3). Siloxane chain expansion effects, presume d to be a consequence of ring strain, have been observed in the product. Th e presence of reactive Ti-Cl bond in 3 offers opportunities for its reactio n chemistry to be explored.