The reactions of trimethylaluminum with diphenylarsine,Ph
2AsH, and phenyl[(trimethylsilyl)methyl]arsine,Ph(Me
3Si
CH2)AsH, in 1:1 mole ratiosafford the trimeric compounds[Me
2AlAsPh
2]
3·(C
7H
8)
2(
1) and[Me
2AlAs(CH
2SiMe
3)Ph]
3(
2), respectively. Compounds
1and
2 are the first Al-As six-membered-ring compounds to bestructurally
characterized by single-crystal X-ray crystallography, as well as by
1H and
13C solution NMR spectroscopy. X-raycrystallographic analysis revealed that trimer
1 is atoluate that crystallizes in the monoclinicspace group
P2
1/
n, with
a= 14.549(6) Å,
b = 22.838(7) Å,
c= 16.891(4) Å, and
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chars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle"> = 105.12(5)
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for
Z = 4. Trimer
2 crystallizes in thetriclinic system, space group
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, and has twouniquemolecules in a unit cell with dimensions of
a =15.619(7) Å,
b = 17.487(6) Å,
c =19.863(6)Å,
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chars/alpha.gif" BORDER=0> = 94.86(3)
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,
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chars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle"> = 101.41(3)
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, and
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chars/gamma.gif" BORDER=0 > =113.34(3)
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for
Z = 4. The six-memberedAl-Asrings in both
1 and
2 occupy
chair conformations,furnishing both trimers with structural
characteristics similar to those of cyclohexane. The Al and Ascenters of both
1 and
2 residein pseudotetrahedral environments, with the Al-As bond lengthsranging from 2.512(3) to2.542(3) Å in
1 and from 2.504(5) to2.526(5) Å in
2.