A procedure using para- or meta-dimethylbenzene as initial compounds and gaseous methylnitrite as nitrosator generates the first meta-and para-disubstituted phenylcyanoximes.  Reaction of aqueous solutions of M2CO3 with varying stoichiometries of solid bis-cyanoximes leads to two salts: M2L2 and MHL2 (M=Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs; L = 1,3 or 1,4) which were characterized by UV-visible, IR, Raman, NMR, and X-ray analysis. Synthesized compounds represent buiding blocks for supramolecular chemistry; bivalent complexes need no counterion, allowing complex formation with solely coordinating species.   

First bis-cyanoximes: Synthesis, spectroscopic studies, crystal structures, and alkaline metals complexes

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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