Cyanide and Azide Anion Complexation by a Bidentate Stibonium-Borane Lewis Acid Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Abstract Our ongoing interest in the chemistry of polyfunctional Lewis acids has led us to investigate the reaction of the stibonium-borane [o-(Ph2MeSb)(Mes2B)C6H4]+ (1+) with cyanide and azide, two toxic anions. Both anions react with 1+ to afford the corresponding neutral complexes 1-CN and 1-N3. Structural and computational studies show that the coordinated anion interacts with both the boron and antimony atoms of the bidentate Lewis acid. While the azide complex features a typical 2N1 : N1 bridging azide ligand, the cyanide complex possesses a cyanoborate moiety whose cyanide interacts side-on with the stibonium center. The Lewis acid-anion interactions observed in these complexes have also been studied computationally using the Natural Bond Orbital method

published proceedings

  • ZEITSCHRIFT FUR NATURFORSCHUNG SECTION B-A JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES

author list (cited authors)

  • Wade, C. R., & Gabbai, F. P.

citation count

  • 19

complete list of authors

  • Wade, Casey R||Gabbaii, Francois P

publication date

  • December 2014