Oxygen transfer from an intramolecularly coordinated diaryltellurium oxide to acetonitrile. Formation and combined AIM and ELI-D analysis of a novel diaryltellurium acetimidate

Ole Mallow; Jens Bolsinger; Pamela Finke; Malte Hesse; Yu-Sheng Chen; Andrew Duthie; Simon Grabowsky; Peter Luger; Stefan Mebs; Jens Beckmann

doi:10.1021/ja505648x

Oxygen transfer from an intramolecularly coordinated diaryltellurium oxide to acetonitrile. Formation and combined AIM and ELI-D analysis of a novel diaryltellurium acetimidate

J Am Chem Soc. 2014 Aug 6;136(31):10870-3. doi: 10.1021/ja505648x. Epub 2014 Jul 25.

Authors

Ole Mallow¹, Jens Bolsinger, Pamela Finke, Malte Hesse, Yu-Sheng Chen, Andrew Duthie, Simon Grabowsky, Peter Luger, Stefan Mebs, Jens Beckmann

Affiliation

¹ Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Bremen , Leobener Str., 28359 Bremen, Germany.

PMID: 25026100
DOI: 10.1021/ja505648x

Abstract

The reaction of the intramolecularly coordinated diaryltellurium(IV) oxide (8-Me2NC10H6)2TeO with acetonitrile proceeds with oxygen transfer and gives rise to the formation of the novel zwitterionic diaryltelluronium(IV) acetimidate (8-Me2NC10H6)2TeNC(O)CH3 (1) in 57% yield. Hydrolysis of 1 with hydrochloric acid affords acetamide and the previously known diarylhydroxytelluronium(IV) chloride [(8-Me2NC10H6)2Te(OH)]Cl.