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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2015 Mar 27;54(14):4392-6. doi: 10.1002/anie.201411451. Epub 2015 Feb 10.

Fixation and release of intact E₄ tetrahedra (E=P, As).

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)

Fabian Spitzer, Marek Sierka, Mario Latronico, Piero Mastrorilli, Alexander V Virovets, Manfred Scheer

Affiliations

  1. Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg (Germany) http://www.uni-regensburg.de/chemie-pharmazie/anorganische-chemie-scheer/

PMID: 25677593 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201411451

Abstract

By the reaction of [NacnacCuCH3CN] with white phosphorus (P4) and yellow arsenic (As4), the stabilization and enclosure of the intact E4 tetrahedra are realized and the disubstituted complexes [(NacnacCu)2(μ,η(2:2)-E4)] (1 a: E=P, 1 b: E=As) are formed. The mono-substituted complex [NacnacCu(η(2)-P4)] (2), was detected by the exchange reaction of 1 a with P4 and was only isolated using low-temperature work-up. All products were comprehensively spectroscopically and crystallographically characterized. The bonding situation in the products as intact E4 units (E=P, As) was confirmed by theory and was experimentally proven by the pyridine promoted release of the bridging E4 tetrahedra in 1.

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Keywords: NMR spectroscopy; arsenic; density functional calculations; main-group chemistry; phosphorus

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