Preparations, sulphinate coordination, and thermal decomposition of some bismuth triarenesulphinates

G. B. Deacon, G. D. Fallon

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Abstract

Bismuth triarenesulphinates, Bi(O2SR)3 [R = Ph, p-MeC6H4, p-ClC6H4, 2, 4, 6-(Me2CH)3C6H2, and p-MeCONHC6H4], have been prepared by reaction of bismuth triacetate with the appropriate arenesulphinic acids in glacial acetic acid, and the first two compounds have also been obtained by reaction of triphenyl-bismuth with the appropriate mercuric arenesulphinates. The sulphur-oxygen stretching frequencies of the bismuth sulphinates are indicative of O-sulphinate coordination, and the compounds are considered to be polymeric with bridging O-sulphinate groups and six-coordinate bismuth. Thermal decomposition of Bi(O2SR)3 (R = Ph, p-MeC6H4, or p-ClC6H4) under vacuum gave the corresponding triarylbismuth compounds and sulphur dioxide, the preparation of tri-p-chlorophenylbismuth being accompanied by formation of di-p-chlorophenyl sulphone and S-p-chlorophenyl p-chlorobenzenethiosulphonate. Pyrolysis of the other triarenesulphinates did not yield organobismuth compounds.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2107-2115
Number of pages9
JournalAustralian Journal of Chemistry
Volume25
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 1972

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