Arsabenzene

Arsabenzene
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Arsinine
Systematic IUPAC name
Arsinine
Other names
Arsabenzene
Identifiers
289-31-6 Yes
ChemSpider 119909 Yes
Jmol-3D images Image
Image
PubChem 136132
Properties
Molecular formula
 C5H5As
Molar mass 140.01 g·mol−1
Appearance Colourless gas
Odor Onion like
Melting point −54 °C (−65 °F; 219 K)
Boiling point −54 °C (−65 °F; 219 K)
Structure
Molecular shape planar
Except where noted otherwise, data is given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C (77 °F), 100 kPa)
 Yes verify (what is: Yes/?)
Infobox references

Arsabenzene (IUPAC name: arsinine) is an organoarsenic heterocyclic compound with the chemical formula C5H5As. It belongs to a group of compounds called heteroarenes that have the general formula C5H5E (E= N, P, As, Sb, Bi).[1]

This air sensitive liquid has an onion odor,[2] and it decomposes on heating.[1] Arsabenzene is also an ambidentate ligand, and it prefers to coordinate using η1(As)- or η6(π)-routes.[3]

The study of arsabenzene and related compounds was an important step in the understanding of compounds that contain multiple bonds between carbon and heavier elements.[4]

The study of heteroarenes was begun by Märkl, with the synthesis of 2,4,6-triphenylphosphabenzene. This is achieved by treating 2,4,6-trisubstituted pyrylium salt with phosphanes.[4] The first derivative of arsabenzene was 9-arsaanthracene prepared by Jutzi and Bickelhaupt.[5]

Structure

Arsabenzene is planar. The C—C bond distances of 1.39 Å, the As—C bond has a length of 1.85 Å, this is 6.6% shorter than the normal As—C single bond.[1]

NMR spectroscopy carried out on arsabenzene indicates that it has a diamagnetic ring current.[6]

Synthesis

Arsabenzene is synthesized in a two step process from 1,4-pentadiyne. The diyne reacts with dibutylstannane to give 1,1-dibutylstannacyclohexa-2,5-diene.[1] The organotin compound undergoes As/Sn exchange with arsenic trichloride to give 1-chloroacyclohexadiene, which loses a HCl upon heating, forming the arsabenzene.[1]

CH2(CHCH)2SnBu2 + AsCl3 → CH2(CHCH)2AsCl + Bu2SnCl2
CH2(CHCH)2AsCl → C5H5As + HCl

Reactions

Arsabenzene undergoes electrophilic aromatic substitution at its ortho and para positions. It also undergoes Friedel-Crafts acylation.[2]

Whereas pyridine does not normally undergo a Diels–Alder reaction, arsabenzene behaves as a diene with hexafluoro-2-butyne. The corresponding phosphorine and benzene undergo the analogous reaction at 100 °C and 200 °C, respectively. Thus the ability of these heterobenzenes to undergo the Diels Alder reaction with this electrophile increases down the periodic table. Bismabenzene is so reactive that it exists in equilibrium with its dimer.[5]

Arsabenzene is far less basic than pyridine, being unreactive with Lewis acids. Trifluoroacetic acid does not protonate the molecule.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Elschenbroich, C. (2006). Organometallics (in German). Wiley-VCH Weinheim. pp. 229–230. ISBN 3-527-29390-6.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cadogan, J. I. G.; Buckingham, J.; Macdonald, F. (1997). Dictionary of Organic Compounds 10 (6th ed.). CRC Press. p. 491. ISBN 0-412-54110-6.
  3. ↑ Sadimenko, A. P. (2005). "Organometallic Complexes of B-, Si- (Ge-), and P- (As-, Sb-) Analogues of Pyridine.". Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry 89: 125–157. doi:10.1016/S0065-2725(05)89003-8.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Eicher, T.; Hauptmann, S.; Suschitzky, H.; Suschitzky, J. The Chemistry of Heterocycles: Structure, Reactions, Syntheses, and Applications (in German) (2nd ed.). Wiley-VCH Weinheim. p. 368. ISBN 3-527-30720-6.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Ashe, A. J. (1978). "The Group 5 Heterobenzenes". Accounts of Chemical Research 11 (4): 153–157. doi:10.1021/ar50124a005.
  6. ↑ Ashe, A. J.; Chan, W.; Smith, T. W.; Taba, K. M. (1981). "Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions of Arsabenzene". Journal of Organic Chemistry 46 (5): 881–885. doi:10.1021/jo00318a012.