Homo- und heteroleptische Zinkarsanide — Synthese und Struktur

Homo- and Heteroleptic Zinc Arsanides — Syntheses and Structure Bis(trimethylsilyl)arsane reacts with dialkylzinc ZnR₂ (R = Me, Et, CH₂SiMe₃) in the stoichiometric ratio of 1 : 1 in hydrocarbons to the heteroleptic alkyl zink bis(trimethylsilyl)arsanides. The steric demand of the alkyl substituent enforces the oligomerisation degree of two or three. Diethylzinc and two equivalents of HAs(SiMe₃)₂ yield dimeric zinc bisbis(trimethylsilyl)arsanide]. Methyl zinc bis(trimethylsilyl)arsanide crystallizes as a trimer with a six-membered Zn₃As₃-cycle in the twist-boat conformation {orthorhombic, P2₁2₁2₁, a = 1 015.3(1), b = 1 887.6(4), c = 2 272.9(4) pm, Z = 4}. The molecule of ethyl zinc bis(trimethylsilyl)arsanide is built similar in the solid state {monoclinic, P2₁/n, a = 1 220.2(4), b = 1 889.0(6), c = 1 968.5(6) pm, β = 90.24(1)°, Z = 4}. However, zinc bisbis(trimethylsilyl)arsanide] separates due to the steric demand of the terminal (Me₃Si)₂As-ligand as a dimer in the triclinic space group P1 {a = 967.8(2), b = 1 088.5(2), c = 1 238.1(2) pm, α = 92.41(1), β = 105.20(1), γ = 105.05(1)°, Z = 2}. The endocyclic zinc-arsenic distances vary only slightly around 248 pm, but the exocyclic one is with a value of 238 pm drastically shorter. The Zn? C bond lengths with values around 197 pm lie in the characteristic region for zinc with the coordination number of three.