Das JerJ-Butyl-Kation in Lösungen von Aluminiumbromid in Mono-, Di- und Tribrommethan / The terf-Butyl-Cation in Solutions of Aluminium Bromide in Mono-, Di- and Tribromomethane
Abstract The tert-butyl cation is formed from tert-BuBr in concentrated solutions of AlBr3 in CH3Br, CH2Br2 and CHBr3 and was characterized by 1H NMR spectroscopy. Stabilization of the cation depends strongly on the AlBr3 concentration: in CH3Br saturated with AlBr3, C(CH3)3+ is formed in 80% yield; in dilute solutions of AlBr3 in CH3Br the usual de-composition occurs. In saturated solutions of AlBr3 in CH2Br2 and CHBr3 the C(CH3)3+ yield is 60 and 40%, resp. The concentration of the cation decreases in all three solvents by 20 to 30% within 10 days at room temp. In concentrated solutions of AlBr3 in CH3Br the formation of the methyl-tert-butylbromonium ion as a rapidly equilibrating species is suggested. The 1H NMR chemical shift of C(CHs)3+ in the presence of AlBr3 (δ = 5.19 in CHsBr, δ = 5.23 in CH2Br2, δ = 5.35 in CHBr3) indicates strong deshielding in comparison with shifts in SbF5 and SbF5/SO2