Pentaphenylantimony

Pentaphenylantimony
Names
	Preferred IUPAC name Pentaphenyl-λ5-stibane
Identifiers
CAS Number	2170-05-0 ;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image ;
ChemSpider	9987829 ;
PubChem CID	11813170 ;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID60473337 ;
	InChI InChI=1S/5C6H5.Sb/c51-2-4-6-5-3-1;/h51-5H; Key: XJQGITRIKZCKRF-UHFFFAOYSA-N;
	SMILES C1=CC=C(C=C1)[Sb](C2=CC=CC=C2)(C3=CC=CC=C3)(C4=CC=CC=C4)C5=CC=CC=C5;
Properties
Chemical formula	C30H25Sb
Molar mass	507.290 g·mol−1
Related compounds
Other cations	PPh5 ; AsPh5 ; BiPh5
Related compounds	Pentamethylantimony ; Pentaethylantimony
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Infobox references

Last updated December 18, 2023

Pentaphenylantimony is an organoantimony compound containing five phenyl groups attached to one antimony atom. It has formula Sb(C₆H₅)₅ (or SbPh₅).

Properties

The solid is colourless and melts at 169-170°C.^[1]

As a solid the pure form crystallises with a roughly square pyramidal shape. It can also form solvate complexes with cyclohexane or tetrahydrofuran—but not with diethyl ether—which form crystals with a trigonal bipyramid shape.^[2] When dissolved, molecules are also trigonal bipyramidal.^[2] However with nuclear magnetic resonance, in solution, the phenyl groups all appear to be equivalent. This is probably because the molecule is not stable in shape and orientation of phenyl changes rapidly.^[3]

Solid pure pentaphenylantimony forms triclinic crystals in the P1 space group. The unit cell has a=10.286 b=10.600 and c=13.594 Å, α=79.20° β=70.43° γ=119.52°. The basal Sb-C bond length is 2.216 Å whereas the apex Sb-C length is 2.115 Å.^[1]

Reactions

Pentaphenylantimony reacts with a variety of reagents that replace one or more phenyl groups with a different substituent. Reagents with acidic hydrogen give benzene as byproduct, whereas dihalogens (or synthons of them) give the analogous halobenzene as byproduct:

Ph₅Sb + HOR → PhH + Ph₄SbOR

Ph₅Sb + HX → PhH + Ph₄SbX

Ph₅Sb + X₂ → PhX + Ph₄SbX

For example, pentaphenylantimony reacts with dicarboxylic acids in solution, by substituting a phenyl group with the acid hydrogen. This yields a tetraphenyl antimony or bis(tetraphenyl antimony) compound.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

When heated, pentaphenylantimony forms triphenylstibine, biphenyl and p-quaterphenyl.^[8]

Pentaphenylantimony reacts with bromine to make bromobenzene and tetraphenylstibonium bromide. With hydrogen bromide, tetraphenylstibonium bromide along with benzene is the result. Pentaphenylantimony reacts with methanol to make methoxytetraphenylantimony and dimethoxytriphenylantimony. A reaction with carbon tetrachloride yields tetraphenylstibonium chloride, chlorobenzene, and benzene. All these reactions appear to involve forming the phenyl radical.^[8]

Formation

Pentaphenylantimony can be formed by reacting dichlorotriphenylantimony with phenyl lithium.^[1]

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