The structure of 2,4,4,6,6‐pentachloro‐2‐(piperidyl)‐cyclotri(phosphazene) (1) was determined by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction analysis. Compound 1 crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pbea with Z = 8 and unit cell dimensions a = 8.316(2), b = 17.261(3), and c = 22.007(4) Å. The experimentally obtained structural parameters for compound 1 compare well with those calculated at the semiempirical PM3 level of theory. These results give credence to the PM3‐calculated structure of 2,4,4,6,6‐pentaazido‐2‐(piperidyl)cyclotri(phosphazene) (2) for which presently there are no experimental data available.
© 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 8: 283–286, 1997.