Isomers of a dibismuthane, R2Bi-BiR2 [R = 2,6-(Me2NCH2)2C6H3], and unusual reactions with oxygen: formation of [R2Bi]2(O2) and R'R' 'Bi [R' = 2-(Me2NCH2)-6-{Me2N(O)CH2}C6H3; R' ' = 2-(Me2NCH2)-6-{O(O)C}C6H3]

Lucia Balazs; Hans J Breunig; Enno Lork; Albert Soran; Cristian Silvestru

doi:10.1021/ic052160n

Isomers of a dibismuthane, R2Bi-BiR2 [R = 2,6-(Me2NCH2)2C6H3], and unusual reactions with oxygen: formation of [R2Bi]2(O2) and R'R' 'Bi [R' = 2-(Me2NCH2)-6-{Me2N(O)CH2}C6H3; R' ' = 2-(Me2NCH2)-6-{O(O)C}C6H3]

Inorg Chem. 2006 Mar 6;45(5):2341-6. doi: 10.1021/ic052160n.

Authors

Lucia Balazs¹, Hans J Breunig, Enno Lork, Albert Soran, Cristian Silvestru

Affiliation

¹ Universität Bremen, Fachbereich 2, D-28334 Bremen, Germany.

PMID: 16499401
DOI: 10.1021/ic052160n

Abstract

R2Bi-BiR2 [1; R = 2,6-(Me2NCH2)2C6H3], a dibismuthane that exists in different forms in the crystalline state, reacts in air with the formation of the peroxide [R(2)Bi]2(O2) (2) and partial oxidation of the pendant (dimethylamino)methyl groups, yielding the mononuclear bismuth complex R'R' 'Bi (3) [R' = 2-(Me2NCH2)-6-{Me2N(O)CH2}C6H3; R' ' = 2-(Me2NCH2)-6-{O(O)C}C6H3].