Bismuthides reactions with

A number of compounds of the types RBiY2 or R2BiY, where Y is an anionic group other than halogen, have been prepared by the reaction of a dihalo- or halobismuthine with a lithium, sodium, potassium, ammonium, silver, or lead alkoxide (120,121), amide (122,123), a2ide (124,125), carboxylate (121,126), cyanide (125,127), dithiocarbamate (128,129), mercaptide (130,131), nitrate (108), phenoxide (120), selenocyanate (125), silanolate (132), thiocyanate (125,127), or xanthate (133). Dialkyl- and diaryUialobismuthines can also be readily converted to secondary bismuthides by treatment with an alkali metal (50,105,134) ... 

No, the editor didn t know what this name meant either.) It means salts of the triva-lent anions of Group V, restricted in [1] to arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides and prepared by reaction of sodium pnictides with anhydrous halides of transition and lanthanide metals. This violently exothermic reaction may initiate as low as 25°C. Avoidance of hydrated halides is cautioned since these are likely to react uncontrollably on mixing. Another paper includes a similar reaction of phosphides, initiated by grinding [2], Nitrides are reported made from the thermally initiated reaction of sodium azide with metal halides, a very large sealed ampoule is counselled to contain the nitrogen [3],... 

A solution of lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)bismuthide-2 THF (25.3 g, 50 mmol) in pentane (100 ml) was added slowly to a cooled (-30°C) solution of 1,2-dibromoethane (4.7 g, 25 mmol) in the same solvent (100 ml). As the reaction proceeded, lithium bromide precipitated from a yellowish orange reaction mixture. Liberated ethylene gas (24.6 mmol) was collected into an inverted stand cylinder above water. After completion of the reaction, the precipitate was filtered off and washed successively with pentane. The volatiles were distilled off in vacuo at 20°C to leave a solid residue, which was recrystallized from pentane. The yield was 13.5 g (76%) [82ZN(B)91],... 

A large family of complexes of type 52 and 53 (Scheme 15.14) are accessible via simple metathesis reactions between anionic Group 6 and complexes and antimony or bismuth halides [156-162], Reactions of in srT -generated alkali organostibides and bismuthides with Group 6 and 7 halides have... 

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