Hexachlorophosphazene

<p>Hexachlorophosphazene is an <a href="/facts/Inorganic_compound/TfFfzxSz">inorganic compound</a> with the <a href="/facts/Chemical_formula/hghUtthl">chemical formula</a> (<a href="/facts/Nitrogen/Nf1QpGDz">N</a><a href="/facts/Phosphorus/27xCeIqs">P</a><a href="/facts/Chlorine/y27UwYBM">Cl</a>2)3. The molecule has a <a href="/facts/Cyclic_compound/TH2ReKIQ">cyclic</a>, <a href="/facts/Saturated_and_unsaturated_compounds/tde2C216">unsaturated</a> backbone consisting of alternating <a href="/facts/Phosphorus/27xCeIqs">phosphorus</a> and <a href="/facts/Nitrogen/Nf1QpGDz">nitrogen</a> atoms, and can be viewed as a <a href="/facts/Trimer_(chemistry)/ws3JkjuQ">trimer</a> of the <a href="/facts/Hypothetical_compound/0zBsHU62">hypothetical compound</a> N≡PCl2 (phosphazyl dichloride). Its classification as a <a href="/facts/Phosphazene/IR0jFetb">phosphazene</a> highlights its relationship to <a href="/facts/Benzene/Fguue7nr">benzene</a>. There is large academic interest in the compound relating to the phosphorus-nitrogen bonding and phosphorus reactivity.
</p><p>Occasionally, commercial or suggested practical applications have been reported, too, utilising hexachlorophosphazene as a precursor chemical. Derivatives of noted interest include the hexalkoxyphosphazene lubricants obtained from <a href="/facts/Nucleophilic_substitution/MLLeSsnr">nucleophilic substitution</a> of hexachlorophosphazene with <a href="/facts/Alkoxide/RqG0rm1v">alkoxides</a>, or chemically resistant inorganic polymers with desirable thermal and mechanical properties known as <a href="/facts/Polyphosphazene/dX5CgYkD">polyphosphazenes</a> produced from the <a href="/facts/Polymerization/1hmBz7Ur">polymerisation</a> of hexachlorophosphazene.
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Hexachlorophosphazene