N. Kano et al., A NOVEL 1,2-ARYL MIGRATION IN METALLANETHIONE - UNUSUAL FORMATION OF AN ARYL(ARYLTHIO)PLUMBYLENE FROM A PLUMBANETHIONE, Organometallics, 16(20), 1997, pp. 4237-4239
The first aryl(arylthio)plumbylene, Tbt(TbtS)Pb: (2; Tbt=2,4,6-tris[bi
s(trimethylsilyl)methyl]phenyl), teas obtained by the desulfurization
of tetrathiaplumbolane, 1, with triphenylphosphine at 50 degrees C, an
d its structure was established by X-ray crystallographic analysis. Th
e formation of 2 is most likely interpreted in terms of a 1,2-aryl mig
ration in an initially formed plumbanethione, 8, followed by its dimer
ization and a subsequent metathesis reaction.