Caesium-tetrafluor(trifluormethyl)sulfat(IV) [1]

The preparation of Cs⁺CF₃SF₄⁻ is reported. The new salt is characterized by vibrational (IR, RA) and nuclear magnetic resonance (¹⁹F, ¹³C) spectra.     

F-alkyliron(II) compounds[1]

F-Alkyliron tetracarbonyl iodides are convenient sources of terminal vinyl iodides by a simple pyrolytic technique. The precursors to the F-alkyliron tetracarbonyl iodides, an F-alkyl iodide and iron pentacarbonyl, can be used to generate F-alkyl radicals capable, for example, of F-alkylating benzene in moderate yield. Mechanisms for these transformations are proposed.     

(Diazoalkyl)Phosphoranes from [4 + 1]-cycloadditions of tetrahalo-orthobenzoquinones to (diazoalkyl)phosphanes [1]

The (diazoalkyl)phosphanes 4a–e undergo [4 + 1]-cycloaddition reactions with the tetrahalo-orthobenzoquinones 5a,b to furnish the previously unknown (diazoalkyl)phosphoranes 6a–h . The structure of product 6h has been investigated by X-ray crystallography.     

Tetrakis(trifluormethyl)tellur (CF3)4Te [1]

(CF₃)₄Te is formed from the reaction of (CF₃)₂TeCl₂ with (CF₃)₂Cd·glyme in CH₃CN at ?10°C via the intermediate (CF₃)₃TeCl as a yellow liquid and identified by n.m.r. and mass spectra.     

1-[(Dimethylamino)methyl]pyrrol aus Trimethyl (1-pyrrolyl)-ammonium-Ion

1-[(Dimethylamino)methyl]pyrrole from Trimethyl (1-pyrrolyl)ammonium Ion Trimethyl (1-pyrrolyl)ammonium iodide ( 5a ) and the corresponding p-toluene-sulfonate 5b are transformed by strong bases into 1-[(dimethylamino)methyl]-pyrrole ( 9 ), i.e. into a N-Mannich base, a type of compound novel in the pyrrole series. In this reaction, which is very fast in DMSO, the cation of compounds 5 is deprotonated to form the nitrogen ylide 6 . The latter undergoes a Stevens-type rearrangement to 9 . Several facts, namely the negative outcome of a cross-reaction experiment with 3,4-dimethylpyrrole and of an attempt to obtain 9 from pyrrole and dimethyl (methylidene)ammonium iodide in the presence of one equivalent of sodium methoxide, as well as unsuccessful CIDNP studies point to a rearrangement mechanism via the contact ion pair 12 .