phosphazene
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Phosphazenes refer to various classes of organophosphorus compounds featuring phosphorus(V) with a double bond between P and N. One class of phosphazenes have the formula . These phosphazenes are also known as iminophosphoranes and phosphine imides. They are superbases.
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Phosphazenes refer to various classes of organophosphorus compounds featuring phosphorus(V) with a double bond between P and N. One class of phosphazenes have the formula . These phosphazenes are also known as iminophosphoranes and phosphine imides. They are superbases.
== BEMP and t-Bu-P4== Well known phosphazene bases are BEMP (2-tert-Butylimino-2-diEthylamino-1,3-diMethylperhydro-1,3,2-diazaPhosphorine) with an acetonitrile pKa of the conjugate acid of 27.6 and the phosphorimidic triamide t-Bu-P4 (pKBH+ = 42.7) also known as Schwesinger base. BEMP and P4-t-Bu|t-Bu-P4 have attracted attention because they are low-nucleophilic, which precludes their participating in competing reactions. Being non-ionic ("charge-neutral"), they are soluble in nonpolar solvents. Protonation takes place at a doubly bonded nitrogen atom. The pKa's of , where R = Me and pyrrolidinyl, are 42.7 and 44, respectively. These are the highest pKa recorded for the conjugate acid of charge-neutral molecular base.