Reactivity of Distibanes toward Trialkylalanes and -gallanes: Syntheses and X-ray Structures of Bisadducts and Heterocycles

Abstract

Reactions between distibanes of the type Sb2R4 and trialkylalanes and -gallanes R‘3M in 1:2 stoichiometry yield eight bisadducts of the type [Sb2R4][MR‘3]2 (R = Me, R‘ = t-Bu, M = Al 1, Ga 2; R = Et, M = Al, R‘ = Me 3, Et 4, t-Bu 5; M = Ga, R‘ = Me 6, Et 7, t-Bu 8), which were characterized by multinuclear NMR studies and elemental analysis. In addition, 1, 2, 5, and 8 are the first structurally characterized neutral main group Lewis acid−distibane bisadducts. 1−8 are unstable in solution toward the formation of heterocycles of the type [R2SbMR‘2]x. [Me2SbGa(t-Bu)2]3 (9) and [Et2SbGa(t-Bu)2]2 (10) have been isolated and their solid state structures determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.