Oxidative addition of substituted arsines and stibines with bis(trifluoromethyl)nitroxyl

Abstract

Reactions of bis(trifluoromethyl)nitroxyl with a number of methyl- and trifluoromethyl- substituted arsines and stibines at room temperature lead to the formation of pentavalent arsenic and antimony derivatives, namely (CH3)3-n(CF3)nM[ON(CF3 )2]2 (M = As, n = 0, 1, 2; M = Sb, n = 0, 1). The derivatives yield bis(trifluoromethyl)- hydroxylamine and the corresponding dichlorides on treatment with hydrogen chloride. A free radical mechanism is proposed for the oxidative addition reactions. © 1980.