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Preparation of Stable Bicyclic Aziridinium Ions and Their Ring-Opening for the Synthesis of Azaheterocycles
Published on: August 22, 2018
Synthesis and Characterization of a 1,2,4-Diazarsolide Anion
William D Jobbins1, Bono van IJzendoorn2, Meera Mehta2
1Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Rd, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
Cyclopentadienyl anions ([Cp]-) are pervasive ligands in coordination chemistry. In contrast, heavy-element derivatives of these ligands, particularly those that feature arsenic, are not as well developed. In this work, a new arsenic-based heterocycle with a structure analogous to [Cp]- is presented. Reaction of K3As7 with benzyl azide (BnN3) leads to fragmentation of the [As7]3- core and C-H activation of two [BnN] units to give the five-membered arsenic heterocycle [As(NC(Ph))2]-. This arsenic heterocycle was studied by nuclear magnetic resonance and UV-vis spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and its electronic structure was investigated computationally.
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