Structural diversity for phosphine complexes of stibenium and stibinidenium cations

Abstract

Reactions of trimethylphosphine or diphosphines with SbCl(3) in the presence of AlCl(3) or Me(3)SiSO(3)CF(3) give ligand stabilized stibenium and stibinidenium cations. The geometry at each antimony center reveals a variety of environments for antimony that describes new bonding and highlights new directions in the chemistry of the pnictogen elements.