Synthesis and structure of tris(4-N,N-dimethylaminophenyl)antimony bis(4-methyl benzoate)

The tris(4-N,N-dimethylaminophenyl)antimony bis(4-methyl benzoate) (I) was synthesized by the reaction of tris(4-N,N-dimethylaminophenyl)antimony with 4-methylbenzoic acid in ether in the presence of hydrogen peroxide. According to the X-ray diffraction data, in this molecule the antimony atom is in distorted trigonal-bipyramidal coordination (the axial angle OSbO is 176.15(4)°). The CSbC angles in the equatorial plane are 105.27(6)°, 108.01(6)°, 146.71(6)° (the sum is 359.99°). The Sb-O and Sb-C bond lengths are 2.131(1), 2.137(1) Å and 2.099(2), 2.100(1), 2.107(1) Å, respectively. The intramolecular contacts Sb...O=C are 2.826(1) and 2.928(1) Å.