Metal halides, metathesis reactions with

Solid-state metathesis reactions. For a number of compounds, solid-state metathesis (exchange) reactions have the advantages of a rapid high-yield method that starts from room-temperature solids and needs little equipment. The principle behind these reactions is to use the exothermicity of formation of a salt to rapidly produce a compound. We may say that for instance a metal halide is combined with an alkali (or alkaline earth) compound of a /7-block element to produce the wanted product together with a salt which is then washed away with water or alcohol. Metathesis reactions have been used successfully in the preparation of several crystalline refractory materials such as borides, chalcogenides, nitrides. 

The metal dinitramides are crystalline substances that are generally stable at 298 K and have low-melting points. They are usually nicely soluble in water, alcohols, acetonitrile, and other polar solvents. Heavy metal dinitramides like silver dinitramide are sensitive to friction. Silver dinitramide is used in metathesis reactions with halides to produce dinitramide salts. 

The dilithium reagent 30 reacts (Scheme 9) with a variety of bis-chlorosilanes to give products of type 31 <1998TL3193>. The dilithium reagent could, no doubt, be used as a precursor to an even wider range of compounds by metathesis reactions with metal halides. 

Phosphides and amides are closely related, as a synthetic route is based on metathesis of metal amides, especially the respective trimethylsilyl amides, with the appropriate free acidic phosphine or an anion derived therefrom. Reaction of metal halides and trisilylphosphines is an alternative for preparing metal phosphides. 

Titanium and vanadium nitrides may be prepared by a metathesis reaction of their tetrachlorides with the nitride, initiated by heat or friction. The reaction is potentially explosive. Other transition metal halides may cause ampules to explode after thermal initiation when anhydrous and were invariably found to do so when the hydrates were used. 

The ionic P-P bond polarization renders P-phosphino-NHPs highly active reactants for various metathesis and addition reactions at exceedingly mild conditions. Metathesis is observed in reactions with alcohols, chloroalkanes, and complex transition metal halides (Schemes 11 and 12) [39, 73], Of particular interest are the reactions with chlorotrimethylstannane which yield equilibria that are driven by a subtle balance of P-X bond strengths to yield either diphosphines or P-chloro-NHPs as preferred product (Scheme 11). Chlorotrimethylsilane does not react with... 

Dithiophosphato metal complexes are usually prepared by metathesis of metal halides with alkali metal or ammonium salts. A convenient method uses the redox reaction of his th iophosphory 1 )d is ulfanes (RO)2(S)PSSP(S)(OR)2, with metal species in low oxidation states resulting in the insertion of the metal into the sulfur-sulfur bond.24 Recently it was used for the synthesis of long alkyl chain, liquid platinum(II) dithiophosphates25 and for the synthesis of Ru (CO)2[S2P(OPr%]2 from Ru3(CO)i2 with (Pr 0)2(S)PSSP(S)(0Pr,)2.26... 

Metal dithiophosphinato complexes are usually prepared by metathesis of metal halides with alkali metal or ammonium dithiophoshinates, but can also be conveniently prepared by reactions of /i .v(thiophosphinyl)disul fanes, R2(S)PSSP(S)R2, with metal species.87 The electrochemical oxidation of metals in acetonitrile solution, in the presence of diphenylphosphine and sulfur affords M(S2PPh2)2 (M = Co, Zn, Cd),88 but this is not a preparative method. 

These are usually reactions of anhydrous transition and B metal halides with dry alkali metal salts such as the sulphides, nitrides, phosphides, arsenides etc. to give exchange of anions. They tend to be very exothermic with higher valence halides and are frequently initiated by mild warming or grinding. Metathesis is... 

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