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Nucleophilic Attack at Pentaarsaferrocene [Cp*Fe(η5 -As5 )]-The Way to Larger Polyarsenide Ligands
Stephan Reichl1, Christoph Riesinger1, Manfred Scheer1
1Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Regensburg, 93040, Regensburg, Germany.
Abstract:
By the reaction of [Cp*Fe(η5 -As5 )] (I) (Cp*=C5 Me5 ) with main group nucleophiles, unique functionalized products with η4 -coordinated polyarsenide (Asn ) units (n=5, 6, 20) are obtained. With carbon-based nucleophiles such as MeLi or KBn (Bn=CH2 Ph), the anionic organo-substituted polyarsenide complexes, [Li(2.2.2-cryptand)][Cp*Fe(η4 -As5 Me)] (1 a) and [K(2.2.2-cryptand)][Cp*Fe{η4 -As5 (CH2 Ph)}] (1 b), are accessible. The use of KAsPh2 leads to a selective and controlled extension of the As5 unit and the formation of the monoanionic compound [K(2.2.2-cryptand][Cp*Fe(η4 -As6 Ph2 )] (2). When I is reacted with [M]As(SiMe3 )2 (M=Li ⋅ THF; K), the formation of the largest known anionic polyarsenide unit in [M'(2.2.2-cryptand)]2 [(Cp*Fe)4 {μ5 -η4 :η4 :η3 :η3 :η1 :η1 -As20 }] (3) occurred (M'=Li (3 a), K (3 b)).
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