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Published on: April 10, 2015
Synthesis and Reactivity of a Mono-Coordinated Triplet Bismuthinidene
Yannick Schulte1, Timo Freese1, Christoph Wölper1
1Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstraße 5-7, Essen, D-45141, Germany.
Abstract:
The triplet bismuthinidene Ar*Bi (4) stabilized by a very bulky septiphenyl ligand (Ar* = 3,5-i-Pr2-2,6-(2,6-Me2-3,5-(2,6-i-Pr2C6H3)2-C6H)-C6H) was synthesized by dehydrogenation of in situ formed bismuth dihydride Ar*BiH2 (3). Oxidative addition reactions of 4 with alkyl halides (MeI, EtBr, i-PrBr) yielded bismuthanes Ar*Bi(Me)I (5), Ar*Bi(Et)Br (6), and Ar*Bi(i-Pr)Br (7), which reacted with LiAlH4 and LiAlD4 to the thermally robust bismuth monohydrides Ar*Bi(R)H (R = Me 8, Et 10, i-Pr 12) and monodeuterides Ar*Bi(R)D (R = Me 9, Et 11, i-Pr 13). Ar*Bi(NMe2)2 1 and Ar*BiH2 3 were characterized in situ by 1H NMR spectroscopy and sc-XRD (1), whereas the other compounds were characterized by heteronuclear NMR (1H/2H (D), 13C) and IR spectroscopy, elemental analysis (Ar*-2, Ar*-3, Ar*-5, Ar*-7, Ar*I, Ar*H, 2, 4-7), as well as by UV-vis (4) and sc-XRD (Ar*-7, Ar*I, Ar*Li·Lit-Bu, Ar*H, 1, 2, 4, 12). Quantum chemical calculations revealed the triplet character of the bismuthinidine 4.
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