Rare examples of mononuclear, homoleptic antimony(III) and bismuth(III) aryloxides

Issue title: Papers presented at the ‘Early Main Group Metal Chemistry’ symposium as part of the Pacifichem 2005 conference. Honolulu, Hawaii, December 15th- 20th, 2005.

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Brym, Markus | Jones, Cameron | Junk, Peter C.

Affiliations: School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia | Department of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Park Place, P.O. Box 912, Cardiff, CF10 3TB, UK

Note: [] Corresponding author. E-mail: peter.junk@sci.monash.edu.au

Abstract: Homoleptic [E(Odpp)3]·nL (E=Sb, n=1, L=C6H12; E=Bi, n=0; HOdpp=2,6-diphenylphenol) are conveniently prepared by the treatment of anhydrous ECl3 with LiOdpp in THF. X-ray crystal structures on both compounds show that in the solid state they exist as mononuclear species with distorted trigonal pyramidal geometry.

Keywords: Antimony, Bismuth, Aryloxides, Crystal structures

DOI: 10.1080/10241220600751384

Journal: Main Group Chemistry, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 13-19, 2006