Synthesis and thermal decomposition of derivatives of acyloxytetraphenylantimony

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/BF01433760

Acyloxy derivatives of tetraphenylantimony of the general formula Ph₄SbOC(O)R (R = Alk or Ar) have been synthesized by the reaction of pentaphenylantimony with carboxylic acids. Thermolysis of the compounds obtained affords phenyl carboxylates and triphenylstibine in quantitative yields. One of these compounds (R = CH=CHPh) has been studied by X-ray structural analysis. In this compound, the Sb atom has a trigonal-bipyramidal coordination. The Sb-O(Ph)_eq distances are in the range 2.103(4)-2.140(5) A; the Sb-C(Ph)_ax bond length is 2.167(5) A. The fragment of the residue of cinnamic acid has a delocalized double bond in the carboxylate group.