2-Isopropyl(trimethylsilyl)amino-1
3-phosphaalkyne
1 reacts with potassium
tert-butoxide to form potassium 1-isopropyl-1-aza-3
3-phospha-3-allenide (
2). This compound was structurally characterized as the corresponding 18-crown-6ether complex
3. The molecular structure of
1 was also determined in order to compare the bonding situation inthe anion and the neutral
3-phosphaalkyne. Compound
3 contains a nitrogen-carbon-phosphorus group for whichthe parameters were shown by X-ray structural analysis and quantum chemical calculations to lie between theextrema N-C
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P and N=C=P, suggesting reactivity typical of an ambident anion. This is indeed the case, assubsequent reaction of
2 with chlorotrimethylsilane at nitrogen regenerates the
3-phosphaalkyne
1; withchlorotriphenylsilane the new derivative
4 is formed. In contrast, chlorotrimethylstannane reacts at phosphorus,giving the 1-aza-3
3-phosphaallene isopropyliminomethylidene(trimethylstannyl)phosphane
5.