N. Rot et al., Synthesis of 9,10-dimetallatriptycenes containing group 15 elements from ortho-phenylenemagnesium, MAIN GR MET, 22(8), 1999, pp. 519-526
The mixed group 14/15 9,10-dimetallatriptycenes RGe(o-C6H4)(3)M (8a, 9a, 9b
, and 10a) were obtained from ortho-phenylenemagnesium (4) via the tri-Grig
nard reagents RGe(o-C6H4MgCl)(3) (6) and MCl3 (M = P,As, Sb). The reaction
of ortho-phenylenezinc (14) with AsCl3 opened a new access to 9,10-diarsatr
iptycene (7). An X-ray crystal structure of 9a and 7 is presented.