Unexpected product formed by the reaction of [2,6-(MeOCH2)(2)C6H3]Li with SbCl3: Structure of Sb-O intramolecularly coordinated organoantimony cation

Abstract

Reaction of [2,6-(MeOCH2)(2)C6H3]Li (1) with SbCl3 in 1:1 molar ratio yielded except the intended product [2,6-(MeOCH2)(2)C6H3]SbCl2 (2) unexpected complex 3 consisting of antimony anion [Sb6Cl22](4-) compensated by four intramolecularly coordinated orga

Keywords

• antimony
• pincer ligand
• hypervalent compounds
• chloroantimonates
• antimony(iii)
• diversity