Acyl- und Alkylidenarsane. VI. Vergleichende Untersuchungen zur Struktur von Bis (2,2-dimethylpropionyl) phenylarsan und -phosphan

Acyl- and Alkylidenearsines. VI. Comparative Studies on the Structures of Bis(2,2-di-methylpropionyl)phenylarsine and -phosphine . Bis(2,2-dimethylpropionyl)phenylarsine 1a 19] and -phosphine 1b 20] prepared from the corresponding bis(trimethylsilyl) derivative and 2,2-dimethylpropionyl chloride, crystallize in the monoclinic space group P2₁/c with following dimensions of the unit cell determined at a temperature of measurement of ?70 ± 3°C/?73 ± 3°C: a = 1449.3(7)/1468.3(3); b = 1050.0(5)/985.9(2); c = 1138.5(4)/1159.4(4) pm; β = 108.27(3)/105.61(3)°; Z = 4. X-ray structure determinations (R_w = 0.044/0.044) reveal distances of 205 and 191 pm between the pnicogen and the carbon atom of the carbonyl group which, as in similar trifluoromethyl compounds 2], are definitely elongated with respect to standard values of 194 and 183 pm. Further characteristic mean bond lengths and angles are: As? C(phenyl) 194; P? C(phenyl) 184; C?O 119/121; C(O)? C 153/154; C(O)? As? C(O) 91; C(O)? P? C(O) 95; As? C? O 120; P? C? O 120; As? C(O)? C 117 and P? C(O)? C 118°.