Schwamm R J, Coles M P, Fitchett C M
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand.
Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, 8041, New Zealand.
Dalton Trans. 2017 Mar 21;46(12):4066-4074. doi: 10.1039/c7dt00230k.
Bis(amidodimethyl)disiloxane ligands derived from O{SiMeN(H)R} (abbreviated as (NON)H) are a stable support for neutral and cationic bismuth compounds. Attempts to extend the series Bi(NON)Cl (R = Ar = 2,6-iPrCH; R = tBu) to include compounds where R = Ar' = 2,6-MeCH were complicated by concomitant formation of the bimetallic compound {Bi(NON)}(μ-NON). Compounds containing [Bi(NON)] cations were obtained from reactions with group 13 chlorides MCl (M = Al, Ga). X-ray crystallographic analysis showed intermolecular interactions with the [MCl] anion.