A multinuclear NMR study of the cycloaddition reaction of SNSAsF6 with tert-butylphosphaacetyline (CH3)3CCP leading to the 5-tert-butyl-1,3,2,4-dithiazaphospholium cation; a preliminary account of the novel exchange of a cyclic phosphorus by nitrogen in the reaction of with azide N3− leading to 5-tert-butyl-1,3,2,4-dithiadiazolyl
The cycloaddition reaction of SNS+ (as the AsF6− salt) with 5-tert-butylphosphaacetyline (CH3)3CCP in sulfur dioxide solution at −60 °C gave [Formula: see text], the first identified example of a 1,3,2,4-dithiazaphospholium heterocycle [Formula: see text]. The cycloadduct was characterized by multinuclear NMR (1H, 13C, 14N, 15N, 31P) spectroscopy at low temperature. Reduction of 6π [Formula: see text] in situ with SbPh3 in the presence of Me4NCl led to a radical, which may be the 7π tert-butyl-1,3,2,4-dithiazaphospholyl [Formula: see text]. The reaction of 5-tert-butyl-1,3,2,4-dithiazaphospholium [Formula: see text] with azide N3− surprisingly gave the previously known 5-tert-butyl-1,3,2,4-dithiadiazolyl [Formula: see text]. The conversion of [Formula: see text] to [Formula: see text] by the net replacement of a cyclic phosphorus with nitrogen is unprecedented. Keywords: dithiazaphospholium, dithiazaphospholyl, cycloaddition, multinuclear NMR, ESR.