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Abstract

A series of phosphorus-arsenic peri-substituted acenaphthene species have been isolated and fully characterised, including single crystal X-ray diffraction. Reactions of EBr3 (E = P, As) with iPr2PAcenapLi (Acenap = acenaphthene-5,6-diyl) afforded the thermally stable peri-substitution supported donor–acceptor complexes, iPr2PAcenapEBr2 3 and 4. Both complexes show a strong P→E dative interaction, as observed by X-ray crystallography and 31P NMR spectroscopy. DFT calculations indicated the unusual As∙∙∙As contact (3.50 Å) observed in the solid state structure of 4 results from dispersion forces rather than metallic interactions. Incorporation of the excess AsBr3 in the crystal structure of 3 promotes the formation of the ion separated species [iPr2PAcenapAsBr]+Br 5. A decomposition product 6 containing the rare [As6Br8]2– heterocubane dianion was isolated and characterised crystallographically. The reaction between iPr2PAcenapLi and EtAsI2 afforded tertiary arsine (BrAcenap)2AsEt 7, which was subsequently lithiated and reacted with PhPCl2 and Ph2PCl to afford cyclic PhP(Acenap)2AsEt 8 and acyclic EtAs(AcenapPPh2)2 9.

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Title
Synthetic and Structural Study of peri-Substituted Phosphine-Arsines
Author
Chalmers, Brian A 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; D M Upulani K Somisara 1 ; Surgenor, Brian A 2 ; Kasun S Athukorala Arachchige 3 ; Woollins, J Derek 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Bühl, Michael 1 ; Slawin, Alexandra M Z 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Kilian, Petr 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 EaStChem School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9ST, UK; [email protected] (B.A.C.); [email protected] (D.M.U.K.S.); [email protected] (J.D.W.); [email protected] (M.B.); [email protected] (A.M.Z.S.) 
 Treatt Plc, Bury St Edmunds IP32 7FR, UK; [email protected] 
 Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia; [email protected] 
 EaStChem School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9ST, UK; [email protected] (B.A.C.); [email protected] (D.M.U.K.S.); [email protected] (J.D.W.); [email protected] (M.B.); [email protected] (A.M.Z.S.); Department of Chemistry, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi 127788, United Arab Emirates 
First page
7222
Publication year
2021
Publication date
2021
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
14203049
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2608135008
Copyright
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.