Abstract: | Ammonium Chloro(thio)phosphate Betaines, a Class of Coordination-stabilized Chloro(thio)metaphosphates Ammonium chloro(thio)phosphate betaines behave like systems being in equilibrium with tert. amine and monomeric chloro(thio)metaphosphate. In solution at room temperature the amine component can be displaced by stronger donors. Mass spectra reveal the presence of ClPS2 as monomer and dimer, of ClPO2 by fragment ions of the dimer, trimer, and tetramer before reorganization takes place to form PXCl3 and P4X10 (X = O, S). Detection of ClPOS fails owing to fast equilibration into ClPO2 and ClPS2. |