Tris(para-tolyl)- and tris(4-fluorophenyl)antimony diaroxides: syntheses and structures

Bis(4-bromophenoxy)tris(para-tolyl)antimony (I), bis(4-nitrophenoxy)tris(para-tolyl)antimony (II), bis(4-nitrophenoxy)tris(4-fluorophenyl)antimony (III), bis(2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorophenoxy)tris(4-fluorophenyl) antimony (IV), and bis(2,3,4,5,6-pentachlorophenoxy)tris(4-fluorophenyl)antimony (V) (CIF files CCDC 1470829 (I), 1474589 (II), 1062337 (III), 1470476 (IV), and 1472954 (V)) are synthesized in high yields by the reactions of tris(para-tolyl)- and tris(4-fluorophenyl)antimony with 4-bromo-, 4-nitro-, 2,3,4,5,6-pentafluoro-, and 2,3,4,5,6-pentachlorophenol, respectively, in diethyl ether in the presence of tert-butyl hydroperoxide. The Sb atoms in compounds I–V have a distorted trigonal bipyramidal coordination with the aroxy groups in the axial positions (angles OSbO 174.08(11)°–179.4(5)°). The average Sb–C bond lengths in compounds I–V are similar and independent of the nature of the para-substituent in the aryl rings. The Sb–O distances are close to the sum of covalent radii of Sb and O atoms. Hydrogen bonds H···F are involved in the formation of the crystal structures of compounds III–V.