Syntheses, structures and intermolecular interactions of tetraorganoammonium, -phosphonium and -stibonium dimethyl- and diphenyltetrahaloantimonates

The syntheses and spectroscopic (NMR, MS) investigations of the antimonates [Ph4P]+[Me2SbCl4]− (1), [Me4Sb]+[Me2SbCl4]− (2), [Et4N]+[Ph2SbCl4]− (3), [Bu4N]+[Ph2SbCl4]− (4), [Me4Sb]+[Ph2SbCl4]− (5), [Et3MeSb]+[Ph2SbCl4]− (6), [Et4N]+[Ph2SbF4]− (7) and [Et4N]+[Ph2SbBr4]− (8) are reported. Halogen scrambling reactions of Et4NBr or Ph4EBr (E = P, Sb) with R2SbCl3 (R = Me, Ph) produce mixtures of compounds from which crystals of [Et4N]+[Ph2SbBr1.24Cl2.76]− (9), [Et4N]+[Ph2SbBr2.92Cl1.08]− (10) or [Ph4Sb]+[Me2SbCl4]− (11) were isolated. The crystal and molecular structures of 1 and 3–11 are reported.