Bis(pentafluorophenylxenonium) tetrafluoroterephthalate, p-C6F5XeO(O)CC6F4C(O)OXeC6F5, a hypervalent compound with two xenon–carbon bonds
摘要:
Bis(pentafluorophenylxenonium) tetrafluoroterephthalate (1) was obtained by metathesis reactions of pentafluorophenylxenonium and tetrafluoroterephthalate salts. The availability of suitable solvents for the metatheses hampered the optimization of the reaction. The new xenon-carbon compound with two polar Xe-O bonds was characterized by NMR spectroscopy in solution and by Raman spectroscopy in the solid state. From (CF3)(2)CHOH/MeCN solutions single crystals were obtained with four alcohol molecules attached to I by hydrogen bridges. The thermal properties of the intrinsically unstable title compound are reported. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.