The bis-cyclodiphosphazane compound Et
2C[CH
2OP(μ-
N-
t-Bu)
2PNH-
t-Bu]
2 (
2) and the tetrakis–cyclodiphosphazane compound C[CH
2OP(μ-
N-
t-Bu)
2PNH-
t-Bu]
4 (
3) have been synthesized by treating 2,2-diethyl-1,3-propanediol or pentaerythritol with 2 or 4 equiv. of [ClP(μ-
N-
t-Bu)
2P(HN-
t-Bu)] (
1), respectively. Compounds
2 and
3 have been characterized by X-ray crystallography and solution state NMR. Oxidative addition of
o-chloranil to
2 and
3 yields the novel compounds Et
2C[CH
2OP(μ-
N-
t-Bu)
2P{(HN-
t-Bu)(1,2-O
2C
6Cl
4)}]
2 (
4) and C[CH
2OP(μ-
N-
t-Bu)
2P{(HN-
t-Bu)(1,2-O
2C
6Cl
4)}]
4 (
5) having two or four P(III)
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N
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P(V) centers, respectively. The
31P NMR spectra of compounds
4 and
5 show characteristic doublets in the tri- and penta-coordinated regions.