Fission of As-As bonds in elemental arsenic by alkali metals in liquid ammonia. Preparation of dialkyl and trialkyl arsines

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Suspensions of alkali arsenides MAsH₂ (M= Li, Na or K) in liquid ammonia have been prepared by dropwise addition of t-butyl alcohol (2 equiv.) to a mixture of dissolved metal (3 equiv.) and powdered arsenic. Subsequent reaction with an alkyl halide gave dialkyl arsines in good yields as main products in the cases of LiAsH₂ and NaAsH₂, and trialkyl arsines in excellent yields in the case of KAsH₂.

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FISSION OF As-As BONDS IN
ELEMENTAL ARSENIC BY ALKALI
METALS IN LIQUID AMMONIA.
PREPARATION OF DIALKYL AND
TRIALKYL ARSINES
L. Brandsma a , O. Björlo c & A. C.H.T.M. Van Der
Kerk-Van Hoof b
a Department of Preparative Organic Chemistry ,
Padualaan 8
b Department of biomolecular Mass Spectroscopy ,
Sorbonnelaan 16, 3584-CH, Utrecht, The
Netherlands
c Trondheim College of Engineering , E.C. Dahls Gate
2, N-7004, Trondheim, Norway
Published online: 27 Oct 2006.
To cite this article: L. Brandsma , O. Björlo & A. C.H.T.M. Van Der Kerk-Van Hoof
(2000) FISSION OF As-As BONDS IN ELEMENTAL ARSENIC BY ALKALI METALS IN LIQUID
AMMONIA. PREPARATION OF DIALKYL AND TRIALKYL ARSINES, Phosphorus, Sulfur, and
Silicon and the Related Elements, 164:1, 83-86, DOI: 10.1080/10426500008045235
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