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organic compounds
The title compound, C15H23Cl7N4OP4, consists of a saddle-shaped cyclic tetrameric phosphazene ring and a bulky 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenoxy side group. The bulky group substituent is determines molecular shape. The exo- and endocyclic angles about the P atoms both decrease, on substitution, whereas the P—N—P angles increase.