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Bonding in Low-Coordinated Organoarsenic and Organoantimony Compounds: A Threshold Photoelectron Spectroscopic Investigation

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Methyl and methylene compounds of arsenic and antimony have been studied by photoelectron photoion coincidence spectroscopy to investigate their relative stability. While for As both HAs=CH2, As−CH3 and the methylene compound As=CH2 are identified in the spectrum, the only Sb compound observed is Sb−CH3. Thus, there is a step in the main group 15 between As and Sb, regarding the relative stability of the methyl compounds. Ionisation energies, vibrational frequencies and spin-orbit splittings were determined for the methyl compound from photoion mass-selected photoelectron spectra. Although the spectroscopic results for organoantimony resemble those for the previously investigated bismuth compounds, EPR spectroscopic experiments indicate a far lower tendency for methyl transfer for Sb(CH3)3 compared to Bi(CH3)3. This study concludes investigations on low-valent organopnictogen compounds.

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Karaev, Emil; Gerlach, Marius; Faschingbauer, Lukas; Ramler, Jacqueline; Krummenacher, Ivo; Lichtenberg, Crispin (0000-0002-0176-0939); Hemberger, Patrick; Fischer, Ingo: Bonding in Low-Coordinated Organoarsenic and Organoantimony Compounds: A Threshold Photoelectron Spectroscopic Investigation. In: , Jg. (2023-07-10), . DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202300637.

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