Interaction of the electrophilic bis(pentafluorophenyl)iodonium cation [(C6F5)2I]+ with the ambident pseudohalogenide anions [SCN]− and [CN]−
摘要:
The iodonium pseudohalide compounds, [(C6F5)(2)I][X] (X = SCN and CN) were synthesized by means of fluoride substitution in [(C6F5)(2)I][F] with the Lewis acidic reagents (CH3)(3)Si-NCS and (CH3)(3)Si-CN. The isolated iodonium pseudohalides are intrinsically unstable solids. Decomposition resulted in equimolar amounts of C6F5I and C6F5SCN or C6F5I and C6F5CN, respectively. In case of [(C6F5)(2)I][SCN] single crystals could be grown from CH2Cl2. The crystal structure revealed a dimer with an eight membered ring formed by two ambident anions bridging the iodine atoms of two cations by N and S coordination. The favored dimerization of [(C6F5)(2)I][SCN] and [(C6F5)(2)I][CN] in the gas phase is supported by ab initio computations. (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier B.V.
Interaction of the electrophilic bis(pentafluorophenyl)iodonium cation [(C6F5)2I]+ with the ambident pseudohalogenide anions [SCN]− and [CN]−
摘要:
The iodonium pseudohalide compounds, [(C6F5)(2)I][X] (X = SCN and CN) were synthesized by means of fluoride substitution in [(C6F5)(2)I][F] with the Lewis acidic reagents (CH3)(3)Si-NCS and (CH3)(3)Si-CN. The isolated iodonium pseudohalides are intrinsically unstable solids. Decomposition resulted in equimolar amounts of C6F5I and C6F5SCN or C6F5I and C6F5CN, respectively. In case of [(C6F5)(2)I][SCN] single crystals could be grown from CH2Cl2. The crystal structure revealed a dimer with an eight membered ring formed by two ambident anions bridging the iodine atoms of two cations by N and S coordination. The favored dimerization of [(C6F5)(2)I][SCN] and [(C6F5)(2)I][CN] in the gas phase is supported by ab initio computations. (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier B.V.