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Structure and dynamics in a bis(perfluoroalkyl)triazapentadiene methylmercury compound

  • A. R. Siedle
  • , Robert J. Webb
  • , Myles Brostrom
  • , Richard A. Newmark
  • , Fred E. Behr
  • , Victor G. Young

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Abstract

The compound [Ph 2N 3C 2(C 3F 7) 2]HgCH 3 was synthesized from Na[Ph 2N 3C 2(C 3F 7) 2] and CH 3- HgCl. In solution, it exists as a mixture of two isomers that interconvert slowly on the NMR time scale. Both isomers feature a η 1-Ph 2N 3C 2(C 3F 7)2 ligand. In the asymmetrical one, the CH 3Hg group is bonded to one of the two terminal nitrogen atoms. In the more stable symmetrical isomer, [PhN=C(C 3F 7)] 2NHgCH 3, mercury is attached to the central nitrogen atom. It is this isomer that crystallizes and that was characterized by X-ray diffraction. Thermodynamic parameters for the CH 3Hg shift reaction were obtained by DNMR spectroscopy. 19F NMR spectra were analyzed. A metallotropic rearrangement was not observed in [Ph 2N 3C 2(C 3F 7) 2]AuPPh 3.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2281-2286
Number of pages6
JournalOrganometallics
Volume23
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - May 10 2004

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