Tetraphenylantimony aroxides Ph4SbOAr (Ar = C6H4C6H7, C6H2(Br2-2,6)(tert-Bu-4), C6H3(NO2)2-2,4, C6H2(Br2-2,6)(NO2-4)): Synthesis and structure

Abstract

Tetraphenylantimony aroxides Ph₄SbOAr, where Ar = C₆H₄C₆H₇ (I), C₆H₂(Br₂-2,6)(tert-Bu-4) (II), C₆H₂(Br₂-2,6)(NO₂-4) (III), and C₆H₃(NO₂)2-2,4 (IV), have been synthesized by the reaction of pentaphenylantimony with 4-cyclohexadienylphenol, 2,6-dibromo-4-tert-butylphenol, 2,6-dibromo-4-nitrophenol, and 2,4-dinitrophenol. The antimony atoms in molecules of complexes I–IV have a differently distorted trigonal bipyramidal coordination to the oxygen atoms of aroxy groups in axial positions. The OSbС angles are 177.63(13)° (I), 174.29(7)° (II), 177.8(6)° (III), and 174.01(7)° (IV). The Sb–O bond length is 2.117(3) Å (I), 2.2613(15) Å (II), 2.409(11) Å (III), and 2.4296(15) Å (IV).