Moritz Ernst’s publication on “A Polychloride-enabled Synthesis of [NEt₃Me][PCl₆] Serving as a Potential PCl₃-Storage and PCl₅-Reagent” is now published in Chemical Communications. We show that the reaction of the ionic liquid [NEt₃Me][Cl₃] with white phosphorus (P₄) gives quantitatively hexachlorophosphate [NEt₃Me][PCl₆]. This compound shows similar reactivity as PCl₅, as confirmed for the reaction with phenol, carboxylic acids and ammonium chloride. At elevated temperature, [NEt₃Me][PCl₆] releases PCl₃ and can therefore be used as a potential PCl₃-storage material.

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DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04319G