Synthesis and structure of [Et2Bi(OAr)]∞(Ar = C6F5, Ph): a new inorganic chain polymer
Abstract
Triethylbismuth reacts slowly with HOAr (Ar = C6F5, Ph) in refluxing toluene to yield the compounds [BiEt2OAr]∞ which are shown by single crystal X-ray diffraction to exist as chiral chain polymers in which bridging alkoxides join Et2Bi groups containing a stereoactive lone pair of electrons.