Coordination of Arsine Ligands as a General Synthetic Approach to Rare Examples of Arsenic-Antimony and Arsenic-Bismuth Bonds

Tertiary arsines form stable adducts with trichlorostibine and with cationic antimony and bismuth centers, defining coordination chemistry as a general synthetic approach to the formation of rare As-Sb and As-Bi bonds. A series of compounds containing As-Sb and As-Bi bonds define key milestones in the systematic development of interpnictogen compounds.