Bis(triphenyl-λ5-phosphanylidene)ammonium fluoride: a reactive fluoride source to access the hypervalent silicates [Me(n)SiF(5-n)]- (n = 0-3).

A new synthesis of bis(triphenyl-λ(5)-phosphanylidene)ammonium fluoride ((Ph3PNPPh3)F, abbreviated as (PNP)F), is described. The title compound has been fully characterized by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, vibrational spectroscopy, elemental analysis and single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction for the first time. In the solid state (PNP)F exists as a covalent molecular compound, in which the fluoride ion is asymmetrically bonded to the two phosphorus atoms of the [PNP](+) cation.

Synthesis, characterization, and crystal structures of silylium compounds of the weakly coordinating dianion [B(12)Cl(12)](2-).

The reaction of [Ph(3)C](2)[B(12)Cl(12)] with R(3)SiH (R = Me, Et, iPr) in 1,2-difluorobenzene yielded the corresponding silylium compounds (R(3)Si)(2)B(12)Cl(12) containing the weakly coordinating dianion [B(12)Cl(12)](2-). The products were fully characterized by IR and Raman spectroscopy and by multinuclear ((1)H, (11)B, (13)C, (29)Si) NMR spectroscopy in solution and the solid state (magic angle spinning). (Et(3)Si)(2)B(12)Cl(12) and (iPr(3)Si)(2)B(12)Cl(12) were characterized by X-ray diffraction.

Bis(triphenylphosphine)iminium bromide acetonitrile monosolvate.

The title compound, C(36)H(30)NP(2) (+)·Br(-)·C(2)H(3)N, crystallized from a CH(3)CN/OEt(2) solution as an acetonitrile solvate. The central P-N-P angle [142.88 (10)°] is significantly larger than in the corresponding chloride and iodide structures.

Solvate-free bis-(triphenylphosphine)iminium chloride.

The title compound, C(36)H(30)NP(2) (+)·Cl(-), crystallized in the solvate-free form from a CH(3)CN/OEt(2) solution. The chloride anion and the N atom of the [(Ph(3)P)(2)N](+) cation are located on a twofold axis, yielding overall symmetry 2 for the cation. The central P-N-P angle [133.

Synthesis and characterization of synthetically useful salts of the weakly-coordinating dianion [B12Cl12]2-.

The closo-dodecahydrododecaborate [NEt3H]2[B12H12] has been prepared on a lab scale by an improved synthesis from cheap and readily available starting materials Na[BH4] and I2 in diglyme (diethylene glycol dimethyl ether). Subsequent chlorination with elemental chlorine in aqueous solution at normal pressure yielded the per-chlorinated weakly coordinating [B12Cl12]2- anion. By simple metathesis reaction a variety of useful salts [cation]2[B12Cl12] (cation=[NEt3H]+, [NBu4]+, Li+, Na+, K+, Cs+) is available.