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1,2-Bis(dicyanomethylene)squarate

1,2-Bis(dicyanomethylene)squarate
1,2-Bis(dicyanomethylene)squarate

]] 1,2-Bis(dicyanomethylene)squarate is a divalent anion with chemical formula or ((N≡C−)C=)(CO). It is one of the pseudo-oxocarbon anions, as it can be described as a derivative of the squarate oxocarbon anion through the replacement of two adjacent oxygen atoms by dicyanomethylene groups =C(−C≡N).

Nuclear magnetic resonance shows that the aromatic character of the squarate core is retained.

Synthesis

The anion can be obtained by reacting squaric acid with n-butanol to obtain the diester 1,2-dibutyl squarate (an oily orange liquid) and treating the latter with metallic sodium and malononitrile (N≡C−)CH to give the trihydrated disodium salt 2Na··3HO, a yellow water-soluble solid. The hydrated salt loses the water below 100 °C, but the resulting anhydrous salt is stable up to 400 °C.

Salts

Reaction of the sodium salt with the chlorides of other cations in ethanol affords the following salts:

  • dipotassium 2K·, anhydrous, yellow, stable to 300 °C
  • dirubidium 2Rb·, anhydrous, brown, stable to 300 °C
  • magnesium sodium chloride, Mg·Na·Cl··HO, dark yellow, dehydrates at 60–106 °C, stable to 461 °C
  • calcium disodium, 2Na·Ca·2·9HO, yellow, dehydrates at 50–90 °C, stable to 178 °C
  • barium, Ba··2HO, yellow, dehydrates at 87 °C, stable to 337 °C
  • tetra-n-butylammonium, 2(CH)N··HO, yellow, dehydrates at 145 °C, stable to 323 °C

References

References

  1. Vanessa E. de Oliveira, Gustavo S. de Carvalho, Maria I. Yoshida, Claudio L. Donnici, Nivaldo L. Speziali, Renata Diniz and Luiz Fernando C. de Oliveira (2009), "Bis(dicyanomethylene)squarate squaraines in their 1,2- and 1,3-forms: Synthesis, crystal structure and spectroscopic study of compounds containing alkali metals and tetrabutylammonium ions." ''Journal of Molecular Structure'' Volume 936, Issues 1–3, Pages 239–249 {{doi. 10.1016/j.molstruc.2009.08.002
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