Tri-£-butyl-cyclotriphosphane, Cyclotriphosphanes, Triphosphiranes, l,2-Di-^butyl-l,2-bis(trimethylsilyl)-diphosphane, CyclotetraphosphanesIn the reaction of magnesium with trimethylchlorosilane and t-butyldichlorophosphane the hitherto unknown tri-^-butyl-cyclotriphosphane, (<-BuP)3 (1), is produced besides the partially silylated phosphanes £-BuP(SiMe3)2 and (£-BuPSiMe3)2 as well as the cyclotetraphosphane (2-BuP)4. Shortly after the beginning of the reaction the amount of 1 is about 50 mole-% and decreases during the reaction time. Thermally and in solution the P3 ring compound (1) is surprisingly stable and can be isolated in a pure state by fractional distillation. (i-BuP)3 clearly differs from the oligomeric (£-BuP)4 by the lower melting point, the molar mass and by the 31 P NMR and IR spectra. The <-butyl groups in 1 are situated above and below the P3 ring plane.