Pentamethylbismuth

Pentamethylbismuth
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Pentamethyl-λ5-bismuthane
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
UNII
  • InChI=1S/5CH3.Bi/h5*1H3; ☒N
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  • C[Bi](C)(C)(C)C
Properties
C5H15Bi
Molar mass 284.155 g·mol−1
Appearance blue-violet solid
Related compounds
Related compounds
 Trimethylbismuth
Pentamethylarsenic
Pentamethylantimony
Pentamethyltantalum
Pentaphenylbismuth
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Pentamethylbismuth (or pentamethylbismuthorane[2]) is an organometalllic compound containing five methyl groups bound to a bismuth atom with formula Bi(CH3)5. It is an example of a hypervalent compound. The molecular shape is trigonal bipyramid.[3]

  1. ^ Urben, Peter (2013). Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards. Academic Press. p. 742. ISBN 9780080523408.
  2. ^ Hellwinkel, Dieter (1883). "Penta- and hexaorganyl derivatives of the main group five elements". Wittig Chemistry. Topics in Current Chemistry. Topics in Current Chemistry. 109: 1–63. doi:10.1007/BFb0018055. ISBN 3-540-11907-8.
  3. ^ Greene, Tim M.; Downs, Anthony J.; Pulham, Colin R.; Haaland, Arne; Verne, Hans Peter; Volden, Hans Vidar; Timofeeva, Tatjana V. (November 1998). "Molecular Structures of Pentamethylarsenic(V) and Trimethyldichloroarsenic(V) by Gas Electron Diffraction and ab Initio Calculations:? Molecular Mechanics Calculations on Pentamethylarsenic(V), Pentaphenylarsenic(V), and Related Compounds". Organometallics. 17 (24): 5287–5293. doi:10.1021/om980520r.