Fission of as-as bonds in elemental arsenic by alkali metals in liquid ammonia. A route to monoalkyl arsines

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Addition of two mol equivalents of t-butyl alcohol to a mixture of powdered arsenic and three mol equivalents of lithium in liquid ammonia gives a suspension of lithium arsenide LiAsH₂. Subsequent addition of a large excess of t-butyl alcohol and n-octyl iodide at very low temperatures affords n-octyl arsine in -65% yield.

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FISSION OF AS-AS BONDS
IN ELEMENTAL ARSENIC BY
ALKALI METALS IN LIQUID
AMMONIA. A ROUTE TO
MONOALKYL ARSINES
a
b
L. Brandsma , O. Bj⊘rlo , A. C.H.T.M. van der
a
a
kerk-van Hoof , H. W. A. Biessels , J. Schuring
a
a
&
H. D. Verkruijsse
a
Faculty of Chemistry , Utrecht University ,
Padualaan 8, 3.584, CH-Utrecht, The
Netherlands
b
Trondheim College of Engineering , E.C. Dahls
Gate 2, N-7004, Trondheim, Norway
Published online: 19 Dec 2006.
To cite this article: L. Brandsma , O. Bj⊘rlo , A. C.H.T.M. van der kerk-van
Hoof , H. W. A. Biessels , J. Schuring & H. D. Verkruijsse (2000) FISSION OF AS-AS
BONDS IN ELEMENTAL ARSENIC BY ALKALI METALS IN LIQUID AMMONIA. A ROUTE TO
MONOALKYL ARSINES, Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and the Related Elements,
166:1, 261-264, DOI: 10.1080/10426500008076547
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