Tungsten alkoxides of the WO(OR)/sub 4/ series
The compounds WO(OR)/sub 4/ (I) (where R = Me, Et, i-Pr, n-Bu) have been synthesized with quantitative yields by reacting ethereal solutions of WOCl/sub 4/ with alcoholic solutions of NaOR at 0/sup 0/C. It has been established that the method for the synthesis of I described in the literature, which involves the preliminary alcoholysis of WOCl/sub 4/, results in the contamination of I by hydrolysis products, i.e., WO/sub 2/(OR)/sub 2/. The solubility polytherm of WO(OEt)/sub 4/ in EtOH has been studied up to the melting point of the alkoxide (126/sup 0/C). It has been established mass-spectrometrically that the transition to the gaseous phase is accompanied by the disproportionation of WO(OR)/sub 4/ to W(OR)/sub 6/ and WO/sub 2/(OR)/sub 2/, whose presence was also discovered in the x-ray diffraction analysis of the sublimation products of WO(OMe)/sub 4/. The compound WO(OBu-t)/sub 4/ sublimes without decomposition. Similarity between the structures of the methoxide and the ethoxide and that of WOCl/sub 4/ (the positioning of (trans-WO/sub 2/L/sub 4/) octahedrons at the vertices and center of a tetragonal cell) has been established on the basis of x-ray powder diffraction investigations. The IR-spectroscopic data confirm the existence in structure I of O dot-dot-dot/single bond W-O bridges (the absorption bands at 800 and 600 cm/sup -1/ correspond to two types of bonds, viz, dot-dot-dot/single bond W-O dot-dot-dot/single bond W and W-OR) and mono- or oligomeric WO(OBu-t)/sub 4/ molecules (the band at 950 cm/sup -1/ corresponds to terminal W=O bonds). The diffuse reflectance spectra in the 40,000-4000-cm/sup -1/ region have been presented.
- Research Organization:
- M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State Univ., USSR
- OSTI ID:
- 6413735
- Journal Information:
- Sov. J. Coordinat. Chem.; (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Coordinat. Chem.; (United States) Vol. 11:11; ISSN SJCCD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CARBON ISOTOPES
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CHEMICAL BONDS
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INFRARED SPECTRA
IONIZATION POTENTIAL
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MASS SPECTRA
MELTING POINTS
NUCLEI
ORGANIC SOLVENTS
OXIDATION
OXYCHLORIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHASE STUDIES
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
REDOX POTENTIAL
REDUCTION
REFRACTORY METAL COMPOUNDS
SCATTERING
SOLUBILITY
SOLVENTS
SPECTRA
STABLE ISOTOPES
STRUCTURAL CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
SUBLIMATION
SYNTHESIS
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TUNGSTEN COMPLEXES
TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS
TUNGSTEN ISOTOPES
X-RAY DIFFRACTION