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Sören Arlt1, Jörg Harloff1, Axel Schulz2,3
1Institut für Chemie, Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 3a, 18059, Rostock, Germany.
Abstract:
The heavy pnictogen tricyanides, E(CN)3 (E=Sb, Bi), were synthesized from EF3 and Me3 SiCN in ionic liquids, for example, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonate ([BMIm][OTf]), which prevents the oligomerization of the molecular E(CN)3 species by formation of [BMIm][E(CN)3 (OTf)] salts in solution. Recrystallization of [BMIm][E(CN)3 (OTf)] from THF led to the isolation and full characterization of the molecular species E(CN)3 ⋅2 THF.
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