Cyclic sulfur nitrogen compounds and phosphorus reagents: Part XII. Reactions of S4N4 with (2-pyridylamino) phosphines [1]

Tetrasulfurtetranitride, S₄N₄ reacts with (2-pyridylamino)-diphenylphosphine in MeCN at room temperature to form the cyclotrithiazene (NC₅H₄NH)-Ph₂PN S₃N₃ ( 1 ) in good yield. By contrast, the cyclophosphathiazenes Ph₂PS₂N₃ ( 2 ) and 1,5(Ph₂P)₂S₂N₄ ( 3 ) are isolated from the same reaction mixture under reflux conditions. In solution, compound 1 is found to be transformed into 2 . The reaction of S₄N₄ with (2-pyridylamino)phenyl(dicyclohexylamino)phosphine in MeCN at room temperature affords Ph(DCA)PS₂N₃ ( 4 ) (DCA = dicylohexylamino) as the only reaction product. This on treatment with norbornadiene produces the addition product Ph(DCA)PS₂N₃·C₇H₈ ( 5 ). The structure of 4 has been established by X-ray diffraction. Its PSN ring adopts a skew boat conformation with S N bond lengths varying from 1.574(4) to 1.606(4) Å. The mean value of the endocyclic P N bonds amounts to 1.618(3) Å.