Fluorophenylantimony Carboxylates. I. Synthesis and Spectroscopic (UV, IR, 1H and 19F NMR) Studies of Some New Monofluoro- and Pentafluorophenylantimony(III and V) Derivatives of 2-methoxybenzoic Acid
摘要:
A series of new mono- and pentafluorophenylantimony(III and V) arylcarboxylates of the type ArnSb(OOCC6H4OCH3-2)(3-n) and Ar3Sb(OOCC6H4OCH3-2)(2) (Ar = p-FC6H4-, m-FC6H4- and C6F5-, n =1 or 2) have been synthesized by the reaction of fluorophenylantimony (III or V) chlorides and the sodium salt of 2-methoxybenzoic acid in the presence of 15-crown-5 as phase transfer catalyst. A representative compound, namely trimethylantimony(V) bis(2-methoxybenzoate) has also been synthesized for the sake of spectral comparisons. The van't Hoff factor 'i' and molar conductance data of the compounds revealed them to be monomeric and non-conducting in nature. The compounds were characterised by the usual physicochemical techniques e.g., elemental analyses, UV, IR and NMR (H-1, C-13 and F-19). Compound (III-VIII) are tentatively assigned as a trigonal bipyramidal structure in which the 2-methoxybenzoate acted as monodentate ligand.