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Tetrameric fluorophosphazene, (NPF(2))(4), planar or puckered?

A J Elias1, B Twamley, R Haist

  • 1Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, 83844-2343, USA.

Journal of the American Chemical Society
|October 18, 2001
PubMed
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The eight-membered heterocycle N(4)P(4)F(8) is not planar, contrary to previous findings. This study reveals a puckered ring structure, especially below a phase transition temperature of -74°C.

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