Issue 7, 2001

First gas-phase generation of a cis chloroiminoarsane ClAs[double bond, length half m-dash]NSiMe3 and a cis chloroiminophosphane ClP[double bond, length half m-dash]NSiMe2tBu. Characterization by photoelectron spectroscopy

Abstract

Photoelectron spectroscopy-flash vacuum thermolysis in the gas phase allowed us to synthesize, for the first time, the cis forms of two weakly hindered, low-coordinate arsenic and phosphorus compounds (ClPn[double bond, length as m-dash]NSiR3; Pn = P, As), as well as to characterize them by their ionization energies. In order to assign the different bands in the PE spectra and to estimate the effect of the substituents SiMe3 and Cl on the electronic and structural properties of these compounds, we performed calculations using density functional theory (hybrid functional B3LYP) with the basis set 6-311G(d,p). The thermodynamic stabilization of these halogenated systems appears in the important antiperiplanar interactions between the nitrogen lone pair nN and the σAsCl* (or σPCl*) orbital. For these two compounds, in spite of a poor 2pπ(N)–3pπ(P)/4pπ(As) overlap, it was observed that the substitution of a chlorine atom on the pnictogen (As, P) and a silyl group on nitrogen (negative hyperconjugation) leads to a relatively high ionization energy for the πPn[double bond, length as m-dash]N orbital [IE(πPn[double bond, length as m-dash]N) ≈ 10 eV].

Première synthèse en phase gazeuse d'une cis chloro-arsa-imine ClAs[double bond, length as m-dash]NSiMe3 et d'une cis chloro-phospha-imine ClP[double bond, length as m-dash]NSiMe2tBu. Caractérisation par spectroscopie photoélectronique. Une étude expérimentale en phase gazeuse (spectroscopie photoélectronique-couplage thermolyse éclair) nous a permis de synthétiser, pour la première fois, deux composés monomériques à basse coordinence de l'arsenic et du phosphore peu encombrés (ClPn[double bond, length as m-dash]NSiR3; Pn = P, As) sous leur forme cis ainsi que de les caractériser par leurs potentiels d'ionisation. Pour attribuer les differentes ionisations sur les spectres photoélectroniques et estimer l'effet des substituants Cl et SiMe3 sur les propriétés électroniques et structurales de ces composés, nous avons réalisé une étude théorique en utilisant la théorie de la fonctionnelle de la densité (fonctionnelle hybride B3LYP) et la base 6-311G(d,p). La stabilisation thermodynamique de ces dérivés halogénés est essentiellement due à la présence d'interactions entre la paire libre de l'azote nN et l'orbitale vacante σAsCl*. Pour ces deux composés, malgré un mauvais recouvrement 2pπ(N)–3pπ(P)/4pπ(As), la substitution par un atome de chlore sur l'atome de pnictogene (As, P) ainsi que la présence d'un groupement silyl sur l'azote (hyperconjugaison négative) entrainent une stabilisation de l'ionisation associée à l'orbitale πPn[double bond, length as m-dash]N [EI(πPn[double bond, length as m-dash]N) ≈ 10 eV].

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 Feb 2001
Accepted
04 May 2001
First published
19 Jun 2001

New J. Chem., 2001,25, 930-938

First gas-phase generation of a cis chloroiminoarsane ClAs[double bond, length half m-dash]NSiMe3 and a cis chloroiminophosphane ClP[double bond, length half m-dash]NSiMe2tBu. Characterization by photoelectron spectroscopy

K. Miqueu, J. Sotiropoulos, G. Pfister-Guillouzo and V. D. Romanenko, New J. Chem., 2001, 25, 930 DOI: 10.1039/B101880I

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