copper diacetate in dichloromethane 24 h; Ambient temperature;

copper diacetate in dichloromethane 24 h; Ambient temperature;

methanol in tetrahydrofuran; diethyl ether; benzene byproducts: Bi(C6H5)3; react. under N2 in dry N2-satd. solvents, addn. of 2 M soln. of PhLi inbenzene/ether to a soln. of Bi-compd. in THF, -78°C, addn. of CH3OH; evapn. (vac.), distn. of residue (110°C/0.02 Torr);

Mg in tetrahydrofuran; diethyl ether soln. of Bi-compound in THF was added dropwise at room temp. with stirring to soln. of CH3I and Mg in Et2O, stirred overnight at room temp. under Ar; solvent was removed at reduced pressure, extd. with petroleum ether, solvent was removed;

water in water elem. anal.;

in diethyl ether byproducts: LiCl, C6H5Bi(CH3)2; react. under N2 in dry, N2-satd. solvents; dropwise addn. of Li-compd. in ether to a stirred suspn. of Bi-compd. in ether (-70 to -65°C,1 h), stirring for 0.5 h at -70°C, warming to room temp., pptn.,react. at 0°C is possible; evapn. (vac.), reslurring of residue with benzine and decantation (3 times), evapn. of combined solns. (room temp., vac.), distn. of oily bismutane at 1E-1 to 1E-2 Torr; elem. anal.;

in dichloromethane decompn. in soln. within a few weeks;