[BPh4J, Y= Me), 3 (X=[BPh.,], Y= Ph), 4 (X=[BPh4], Y= NEt2), 5 (X=[BPh,], Y= tBu)] were treated with o-benzoquinones. The reaction of 1 with tetrachloro-o-benzoquinone furnished the spirophosphorane 6 with an intact N---t h5P do-nor-acceptor interaction. The reaction of 2. 3, and? with 33-di-tert-butyl-o-benzoquinone furnished [Me2NCH2CH2-