355the nitrogen atom being in apical and the three carbon ligands in the equatorial positions. The lead atom lies slightly below the plane of the carbon ligands to the side of the iodine atom. The I-Pb-N bond angle of 168.8" is slightly smaller than the Br-Sn-N bond angle (171.00) in the chiral tin compound mentioned above. The Pb-N distance of 2.688 8, gives evidence of the intramolecular interaction of the lead atom with the nitrogen atom. The H(6)-I distance is 3.063 8, and the H(6)-Pb distance 3.227 8,. If in solution approximately the same structure is present the low-field shift of H(6) in the PMR spectrum may be caused by anisotropic deshielding by the Pb-I bonding electrons. Full details concerning the X-ray study will be published soon9.New synthetic routes to compounds of the types ArAr'Pb-(OAc), and ArRPb(OAc), are being developed. These routes are expected to enable the introduction of a large variety of aryl and alkyl groups and the possible detection of chirality in the resulting organolead compounds by spectroscopic means.
Experimental partMelting points are uncorrected. The PMR spectra were recorded on a Jeol-PS 100 NMR spectrometer using tetramethylsilane (TMS) as internal standard. Ether was dried over sodium and distilled.
(4-Methylphenyl) lead triaceta~e~ and (4-meihylphenyl) (4-methoxyphenyljlead diacetate4 were prepared by literature procedures (4-Methylphenyl) (4-methoxyphenyl) lead diiodide.This compound was prepared by the addition of 21.5 g (143 mmol) of Nal dissolved in 50 ml of acetone to 17.0 g (28.6 mmol) (4-CH3C,H,)-(4-CH,OC,H,)Pb(OAc), dissolved in 100 ml of chloroform at room temperature. After cooling at O°C NaOAc crystallized almost completely from the mixture. Subsequently the NaOAc was filtered off and the chloroform/acetone was partly removed under reduced pressure. Upon addition of 100 ml of ethanol and cooling at -I5OC bright yellow crystals precipitated. Yield 86%; m.p. 81.5-82.5OC.2-( Dimethylaminomethyl)phenyllithiwn was prepared by a literature procedure'
(4-Methylphenyl) (4-methoxyphenyl)[Z-(dimethylaminomethyl)phenyl]leadiodide. 50 ml of the reaction mixture of 2-(dimethylaminomethyl)phenyllithium in ether/hexane, containing ca. 10 mmol of the aryllithium compound, was slowly added to a solution of 6.6 g (10 mmol) of (4-CH30C6H,)(4-CH,C,H~Pb12 in 100 ml of dry ether in a nitrogen atmosphere at -20°C. The mixture was allowed to warm up to room temperature and was stirred for 3 h. The reaction mixture was then hydrolyzed in 50 ml of ice/water containing 5 g of ammonium chloride, the ether layer was separated and dried over sodium sulfate, the ether was distilled off and the oily residue was taken up in 15 ml of chloroform. After addition of 25 ml of ethanol the triorganolead iodide slowly crystallized at -15OC. The pale yellow crystals were collected by filtration and dried in vacuo. Yield 1.8 g (27%); m.p. 155OC.This compound was prepared in a similar way starting with 6.0 g (10 mmol) of tris(4-methylpheny1)lead iodide. Yield 1.9 g (31 %); m.p. 127-128OC (dec.). ~~ H ....