p-nitrophenol sodium salt → Tri(4-nitrophenoxy)tri(phenoxy)cyclotriphosphazene

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This material is obtained as a white solid by the treatment of sodium and phenol with hexachlorocyclotriphosphazene at -78° C. to produce the trichlorotriphenoxycyclotriphosphazene, according to D. Dell et al., J. Chem. Soc., 4072 (1965), which is incorporated herein by reference. This material is further reacted with sodium 4-nitrophenoxide in refluxing tetrahydrofuran to give the title compound in good yield.

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