A Comparative 19F NMR study of electronic effects in some fluoroaryl compounds of antimony and bismuth and in their carbon and nitrogen analogues

A number of m- and p-fluorophenyl compounds of type Ar₂QC₆H₄F (Q = Sb, Bi, N and CH; Ar = C₆H₅, C₆H₄F) have been prepared. The ^l0F chemical shifts relative to fluorobenzene have been measured in cyclohexane, chloroform and pyridine for all these compounds. On the basis of the data obtained, the electronic nature of the Ar₂Sb and Ar₂Bi substituents has been studied and compared with that of the corresponding (C₆H₅)₂N and (C₆H₅)₂CH groups. The electronic effect of the Ar₂Sb and Ar₂Bi substituents has been shown to be mainly inductive, its solvent susceptibility being in most cases close to zero relative to both electron- and proton- donating solvents.