Russian Journal of General Chemistry, Vol. 71, No. 8, 2001, pp. 1243 1247. Translated from Zhurnal Obshchei Khimii, Vol. 71, No. 8, 2001,
pp. 1317 1321.
Original Russian Text Copyright
2001 by Sharutin, Sharutina, Molokova, Ettenko, Krivolapov, Gubaidullin, Litvinov.
Synthesis and Structure of Tetra-
and Triarylantimony Oximates
V. V. Sharutin, O. K. Sharutina, O. V. Molokova, E. N. Ettenko,
D. B. Krivolapov, A. T. Gubaidullin, and I. A. Litvinov
Blagoveshchensk State Pedagogical University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia
Received April 12, 2000
Abstract Pentaphenyl- and penta-p-tolylantimony were reacted with benzophenone oxime or triarylanti-
mony bis(benzophenonoximate) in toluene to obtain tetraarylantimony benzophenonoximate. Triarylantimony
bis(benzophenonoximates) were prepared by oxidative addition from tryarylstibine and oxime in ether in the
presence of hydrogen peroxide. X-ray diffraction analysis of tetraphenylantimony benzophenonoximate was
performed to show that coordination of the antimony atom is trigonal-bipyramidal and the oxime oxygen
atom is axial.
It is known that pentaarylstibines I react with anti-
mony derivatives of the general formula Ar3SbX2
(Ar = Ph, p-Tol; X = Cl, Br, OC(O)R, OSO2Ar , NO3,
SCN), giving unsymmetrical antimony derivatives
Ar4SbX in high yields [1 4]. Analogous dispropor-
tionation reactions involving compound I and triaryl-
antimony dioximates has not yet been studied.
The products are colorless crystalline substances
soluble in aromatic hydrocarbons and polar organic
solvents.
The yields of tetraarylantimony oximates in this
case reach 98% (see Table 1).
Triarylantimony bis(benzophenonoximates) were
obtained by oxidative addition of benzophenone
oxime to triarylantimony in the presence of hydrogen
peroxide.
We found that tetraarylantimony benzophenon-
oximates can be prepared by the above-mentioned re-
action in 92% yield from pentaphenyl- and penta-p-
tolylantimony and triarylantimony bis(benzophenon-
oximates) in toluene.
Ar3Sb + 2HON=CPh2 + H2O2
+ 2H2O.
Ar3Sb(ON=CPh2)2
Ar5Sb + Ar3Sb(ON=CPh2)2
2Ar4SbON=CPh2,
Note that this method was first used for preparing
triphenylantimony diacetate and then analogous anti-
mony derivatives of the general formula Ar3SbX2,
where X is an electronegative group [1, 3 6], but the
synthesis of triarylantimony dioximates by this
method has not been reported.
Ar = Ph, 4-MeC6H4.
The IR spectra and the melting points of the tetra-
arylantimony benzophenonoximates prepared by this
method were consistent with respective characteristics
of the compounds obtained from pentaarylantimony
and benzophenone oxime.
According to X-ray diffraction data, the antimony
atom in compound IIa has a usual trigonal-bipyr-
amidal coordination typical of five-coordinate anti-
mony compounds (Fig. 1). The O2 and C7 atoms are
axial, the O2Sb1C7 bond angle is 174.9(2) , equatorial
angles vary from 118.8(2) to 120.2(2) , and their sum
is 348.2(3) . The angles between axial and equatorial
substituents are in the range 81.2(2) 95.4(2) , and
acute angles involve oxygen atoms (Table 2). Equa-
torial Sb C bonds are equal to each other within the
experimental errors and are slightly shorter than the
axial Sb C7 bond. The Sb O bond [2.146(4) ] is
close to Sb C. This is much shorter than in the penta-
The reactions of pentaphenyl- or penta-p-tolylanti-
mony with oximes give tetraarylantimony oximates.
Ar5Sb + HON=CRR
Ar4SbON=CRR + ArH,
I
IIa IIj
Ar = Ph; R = R = Ph (a), R = H, R = C6H3(OH)-2-(Br)-5
(b), R = H, R = C6H4(NO2)-3 (c), R, R = cyclohexyl (d).
Ar = C6H4(Me)-4; R = Ph, R = Me (e), R = H, R =
C4H3O (f), R = R = Ph (g), R = H, R = C6H3(OH)-2-
(Br)-5 (h), R = H, R = C6H4(NO2)-3 (i), R, R = cyclo-
hexyl (j).
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