Synthesis and Crystal Structures of the First Antimony(III) Aziridinides

Nicole Harmgarth; Phil Liebing; Florian Zörner; Mindaugas Silinskas; Edmund P Burte; Frank T Edelmann

doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00523

Synthesis and Crystal Structures of the First Antimony(III) Aziridinides

Inorg Chem. 2017 Apr 17;56(8):4267-4270. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00523. Epub 2017 Mar 27.

Authors

Nicole Harmgarth¹, Phil Liebing¹, Florian Zörner¹, Mindaugas Silinskas², Edmund P Burte², Frank T Edelmann¹

Affiliations

¹ Chemisches Institut der Otto-von-Guericke-Universität , Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.
² Institut für Mikro- und Sensorsysteme, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität , Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.

PMID: 28345886
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00523

Abstract

The first antimony(III) aziridinyl derivatives are reported. Treatment of anhydrous SbCl₃ with N-lithioaziridine Li(Azn) (Azn = NC₂H₄) afforded the structurally unique heterobimetallic lithium/antimony(III) amide complex [Li₃Sb(μ₃-Cl)₂(μ-Azn)₄(THF)₂]_∞ (1). Homoleptic Sb₂(Azn)₆ (2) has become available for the first time through an amide group exchange reaction between Sb(NMe₂)₃ and 3 equiv of aziridine. The low-melting Sb₂(Azn)₆ exhibits a "weak dimer" structure in the crystal.