Bisstibane-distibane conversion via consecutive single-electron oxidation and reduction reaction

Alexander Gehlhaar; Hanns Micha Weinert; Christoph Wölper; Nina Semleit; Gebhard Haberhauer; Stephan Schulz

doi:10.1039/d2cc01986h

Bisstibane-distibane conversion via consecutive single-electron oxidation and reduction reaction

Chem Commun (Camb). 2022 Jun 9;58(47):6682-6685. doi: 10.1039/d2cc01986h.

Authors

Alexander Gehlhaar¹, Hanns Micha Weinert¹, Christoph Wölper¹, Nina Semleit², Gebhard Haberhauer², Stephan Schulz^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45117 Essen, Germany. stephan.schulz@uni-due.de.
² Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45117 Essen, Germany. gebhard.haberhauer@uni-due.de.
³ Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (Cenide), University of Duisburg-Essen, Carl-Benz-Straße 199, 47057 Duisburg, Germany.

PMID: 35587096
DOI: 10.1039/d2cc01986h

Abstract

peri-Substituted naphthalene complexes (Trip₂Pn)₂Naph (Pn = Sb 1, Bi 2) were synthesised and their redox behaviour investigated. Oxidation of 1 with [Fc][BAr^F] (BAr^F = B(C₆F₅)₄) yielded [(Trip₂Sb)(TripSb)Naph][BAr^F] (3) containing the stibane-coordinated stibenium cation [(Trip₂Sb)(TripSb)Naph]⁺. Subsequent reduction of 3 with KC₈ yielded distibane (TripSb)₂Naph (4). 1-4 were characterised by NMR (¹H, ¹³C) and IR spectroscopy as well as single-crystal X-ray diffraction (sc-XRD), while their electronic structures were analysed by quantum chemical computations.