Angewandte
Chemie
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201106708
Selenenyl Fluorides
Trip2C6H3SeF: The First Isolated Selenenyl Fluoride**
Helmut Poleschner,* Stefan Ellrodt, Moritz Malischewski, Jun-ya Nakatsuji, Christian Rohner,
and Konrad Seppelt
In memory of Reiner Radeglia
In spite of intensive research in modern fluorine and selenium
chemistry there are still unknown compounds among these
seemingly simple compounds. The long-sought class of
selenenyl fluorides, RSeF, are clearly very unstable and SeF2
and FSeSeF have only been identified under matrix con-
ditions.[1] The existence of CF3SeF has only been shown
indirectly.[2] But reagents of the type N-phenylselenophthal-
imide/Et3N·3HF,[3] Ph2Se2/XeF2,[4,5] PhSeEMe3/XeF2 (E = Si,
Ge, Sn, Pb),[5a,6] and PhSeOTf/Et3N·3HF[7] function as PhSeF
equivalents and can be used for the addition of PhSeF across
bis[bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl]-4-[tris(trimethylsilyl)methyl]-
phenyl group (Bbt).[13]
The aim of our investigations, starting in 2005, has been to
obtain RSeF and possibly RTeF in pure, crystalline states with
even larger steric protection groups than Mes*. We have
worked with the following ligands: tris(trimethylsilyl)methyl
(Trisyl,
Tsi),
2,6-bis(2,4,6-tri-iso-propylphenyl)phenyl
(Trip2C6H3), and 2,6-bis(mesityl)phenyl (Mes2C6H3).
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C C double and triple bonds. The addition to alkynes occurs
with intermediate formation of selenirenium ions.[8] We
identified arylselenium monofluorides, ArSeF, for the first
time by their characteristic NMR spectroscopic signals, when
the compounds are stabilized by steric protection (Ar= 2,4,6-
tri-tert-butylphenyl = supermesityl, Mes*) or by intramolecu-
m-Terphenyl groups in particular have found much use as
steric protection groups[14] and have also been used in
selenium and tellurium chemistry.[15,11]
lar
coordination
with
amino
groups[9]
(Ar= 2-
Me2NCH2C6H4).[10] These experiments showed, supported
by quantum chemical calculations, that non-stabilized RSeF
disproportionate in a reversible equilibrium reaction into
diselenides R2Se2 and organo selenium trifluorides RSeF3,
To obtain the REF (E = Se, Te) compounds, the dichal-
cogenides, R2E2, and the trimethylsilyl and trimethylstannyl
chalcogenides, RESiMe3 and RESnMe3, were to be fluori-
nated with XeF2.[4–6,10] The optimization of the reaction
conditions was usually carried out by low-temperature
NMR spectroscopy.
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most likely with the intermediate formation of RSeF2
SeR.[10,11]
Monomeric tellurenyl fluorides, ArTeF, such as 2-
Me2NCH2C6H4TeF, have been identified by NMR spectros-
copy in solution.[12] Recently a report appeared about the
[16]
Tsi2Se2 reacts with XeF2 at ꢀ408C in CFCl3 or CH2Cl2
forming TsiSeF, but its crystallization has been unsuccessful
(Scheme 2, NMR data see Table 1). TsiSeF has the expected
19F resonance of d = ꢀ371.0 ppm for the highly shielded F
atom in combination with the 77Se resonance of d =
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dimer BbtTeF2 TeBbt with the sterically demanding 2,6-
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[*] Dr. H. Poleschner, S. Ellrodt, M. Malischewski, Prof. Dr. K. Seppelt
Institut fꢀr Chemie und Biochemie, Anorganische und Analytische
Chemie, Freie Universitꢁt Berlin
2028.1 ppm, JSe,F = 791.9 Hz; cf. Ref. [10] for the extremely
deshielded Se center.
Attempts to obtain the diselenide (Trip2C6H3)2Se2 in pure
form starting with Trip2C6H3I[14a,17] resulted only in mixtures
of diselenide and triselenide (cf. Ref. [18]). Pure
(Trip2C6H3)2Se2, however, can be obtained by nitrosation of
the selenole Trip2C6H3SeH with isoamyl nitrite[15b,d,e,19]
(Scheme 1, structure[20]). It reacts with XeF2 in CH2Cl2 or
CFCl3 within 4 h at ꢀ308C to Trip2C6H3SeF (dF =
ꢀ343.6 ppm) in trace amounts. Besides residual diselenide
mainly the trifluoride Trip2C6H3SeF3 is formed (Scheme 2).
Similarly the synthesis of Trip2C6H3SeSiMe3 is unsuccess-
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J.-y. Nakatsuji
Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima
University
1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8526 (Japan)
C. Rohner
Institut fꢀr Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Justus-Liebig-
Universitꢁt Gießen
Heinrich-Buff-Ring 58, 35392 Gießen (Germany)
[**] We thank the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Fonds der
Chemischen Industrie for support of this work. S.E. and C.R.:
synthesis and crystallization of Trip2C6H3SeF; M.M.: synthesis and
crystallization of Trip2C6H3TeF2-TeC6H3Trip2; J.-y.N.: fluorination of
(Mes2C6H3)2Te2. Trip2C6H3 =2,6-bis(2,4,6-tri-iso-propylphenyl)-
phenyl.
ful: Reaction of Trip2C6H3SeLi with Me3SiCl or Me3SiOTf
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produces largely Trip2C6H3SeH (dSe = 107.8 ppm, JSe,H
=
63.1 Hz, cf. Ref. [15a]). But the analogue reaction with
tBuMe2SiOTf affords Trip2C6H3SeSiMe2tBu (cf. Ref. [21],
Scheme 1, structure[20]). This compound does not react with
XeF2 in CFCl3 in 3 h at ꢀ308C, although PhSeSiMe2tBu is
easily cleaved by XeF2 to [PhSeF] and tBuMe2SiF.[5a] Carrying
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