0Russian Journal of General Chemistry, Vol. 73, No. 3, 2003, pp. 350 353. Translated from Zhurnal Obshchei Khimii, Vol. 73, No. 3, 2003,
pp. 376 379.
Original Russian Text Copyright
2003 by Sharutin, Sharutina, Bondar’, Subacheva, Pakusina, Gerasimenko, Sergienko.
Synthesis and Structure
of (4-Acetyl-3-hydroxyphenoxy)tetraphenylantimony
V. V. Sharutin, O. K. Sharutina, E. A. Bondar’, O. V. Subacheva,
A. P. Pakusina, A. V. Gerasimenko, and S. S. Sergienko
Blagoveshchensk State Pedagogical University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia
Received February 12, 2001
Abstract Pentaphenylantimony was reacted with 4-acetyl-1,3-dihydroxybenzene in toluene at elevated
temperature to obtain (4-acetyl-3-hydroxyphenoxy)tetraphenylantimony in 93% yield. According to X-ray
diffraction data, the antimony atom in (4-acetyl-3-hydroxy-phenoxy)tetraphenylantimony has a distorted tri-
gonal-bipyramidal configuration. The Sb O and Sb C distances are 2.237(1) and 2.112(1), 2.114(2), 2.118(2),
2.170(2) , respectively, and the CSbO angle is 177.86(5) .
It is known that reactions of pentaarylantimony
with dicarboxylic acids may involve, depending on
the starting reagent ratio, substitution of one or two
carboxyl hydrogen atoms to give derivatives like
Ar4SbOC(O)RC(O)OH or Ar4SbOC(O)RC(O)OSb
Ar4, respectively [1]. No reactions of pentaarylanti-
mony with dihydroxybenzenes have not yet been
reported.
The hydrogen atom of the hydroxy group ortho to
the acetyl group in the starting phenol takes part in
intramolecular hydrogen bonding, and its lability is
decreased. To substitute this hydrogen atom by Ph4Sb
requires more rigid conditions (130 150 C, 2 h).
HO
OH
2Ph5Sb +
C(O)CH3
OSbPh4
We showed that the reaction of pentaphenylanti-
mony with resorcinol (1:1 molar ratio, toluene, 20 C,
12 h) gives (3-hydroxyphenoxy)tertaphenylantimony.
Ph4SbO
2PhH
C(O)CH3
HO
Ph5Sb +
OH
X-ray diffraction data show that the antimony atom
in compound I has a trigonal-bipyramidal coordinaton.
The sum of equatorial bond angles is 356.73 , and the
axial C13SbO1 angle is 177.86(5) . The equatorial
positions are occupied by phenyl substituents. The
angles between them are slightly smallerthan 120
(117.98, 119.04, and 119.71). The axial positions are
occupied by the fourth phenyl substituent and the
aroxy group. The Sb Ce distances [2.112(1), 2.114(2),
and 2.118(2) ] are shorter than Sb Ca [2.170(2) ].
OH
Ph4SbO
PhH
Changing the reagent ratio to 2:1 leads to substitu-
tion of hydrogen in the second hydroxy group. More
rigid conditions are needed in this case, which is
explained by decrease in the lability of the free hydr-
oxyl hydrogen upon introduction of the electron-donor
Ph4Sb substituent into the starting phenol.
Note, that among all the structurally characterized
aroxytetraphenyl derivatives of antimony compound I
has the longest Sb O bond [2.237(1) ] and the
shortest O Car bond [1.316(2) ]. The Sb O and
O Car bond lengths in other tetraphenylantimony
phenolates are as follows, : 2.128(3) and 1.333(5)
in (5-ethyl-2-isopropyl-phenoxy); 2.132(6) and
1.41(2) in (2,6-dimethylphenoxy)tetraphenylantimony
[2]; 2.202(3) and 1.321(5) in (4-formylphenoxy)tetra-
phenylantimony; and 2.221(4) and 1.317(6) in tetra-
phenyl(2-nitrophenoxy)antimony [3]. The Sb O and
O Car distances in aroxytetraphenyl derivatives of
It was found that pentaphenylantimony reacts with
4-acetyl-1,3-dihydroxybenzene analogously, i.e. by
way of substitution of the most active hydrogen atom,
to give (4-acetyl-3-hydroxyphenoxy)tetraphenylanti-
mony (I); (toluene, 100 C, 1 h).
OH
Ph4SbO
HO
Ph5Sb +
OH
PhH
C(O)CH3
C(O)CH3
I
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