Die Tris(triisopropylsilyl)pnikogene: Synthese und Charakterisierung von [E(SiiPr3)3] (E = P,As, Sb)

The Tris(triisopropylsilyl)pnikogenes: Synthesis and Characterisation of E(Si ⁱ Pr₃)₃] (E = P, As, Sb) The compounds E(SiⁱPr₃)₃] (E = P, As, Sb) ( 1 – 3 ) were prepared in high yields by the reaction of (Na/K)₃E with ⁱPr₃SiCl in DME. They were characterised by ¹H‐, ¹³C‐, ²⁹Si‐ and ³¹P‐NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and single crystal X‐ray diffraction. Compound 1 , recently obtained in a different way, shows an unusual trigonal planar coordination of the central phosphorus atom. However, 2 and 3 , featuring increasing covalence radii of the central atoms, show an increasingly pyramidal structure. 1 – 3 crystallise isotyp in the cubic spacegroup Pa 3, the lattice constants are: 1 : a = 1860.1(2) pm, 2 : a = 1873.6(2) pm, 3 : a = 1897.1(2) pm.