Highly viscous liquids were obtained as by-products, which were not examined but presumably are polyphosphorus acids formed by condensation. Reaction with iodine is very slow; in ether it leads to red precipitates consisting, according to the reaction conditions, of red phosphorus or PJ4.The acid ( I ) can also be obtained by mild partial hydrolysis of POC1,F. POCI,F+H,O --t H[PO,CIF]+ HCI (1) The acids ( I ) and (2) are liquid at room temperature and insoluble in apolar solvents. ( I ) : d:'= 1.522 g cm-', n; ' = 1.3674. (2) : di0 = 2.140 g ern-,. B. p. 215 "C was extrapolated from a few vapor pressure values for ( I ) below 40°C; the evaporation enthalpy amounts to AH,,, = 10900calmol-', and the evaporation entropy to AS,,8 = 25.1calrnol-' OK-'. Although ( I ) is stable when moisture is excluded, (2) slowly becomes yellow (Br,), especially in light. Both compounds are hydrolyzed in aqueous solution, and then consume 3 equivalents of alkali hydroxide. Accordingly, H,[PO,F] and HCI or HBr are formed, as was confirmed by chromatography. Li[PO,ClF] (3) andLi [PO,BrF] ( 4 ) were obtained on treatment of ethereal solutions of (1) or (2), respectively, with LiBr; they also are hydrolyzed and then require 2 equivalents of NaOH for neutralization.Doublets appear in the I9F-and 31P-NMR spectra (external standards: CF,COOH, 85% H,PO,) of ( I ) and (2) because of F P and PF coupling. H[PO,CIF] ( I ) H[PO,BrF] (2) 19F-NMR 6= -33.3ppm 6 = -46.3 ppm 3'P-NMR 6=+1.96ppm 6 = + 15.9 ppm JF,= 1055 Hz JpF = 1050 HZ J,,= 1106 Hz J,, = 1103 Hz