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Selenium Imides:  77Se NMR Investigations of the SeCl2−tBuNH2 Reaction and X-ray Structures of Se3(NtBu)3, tBuNSe(μ-NtBu)2SO2, and tBuNSe(μ-NtBu)2SeO

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The reaction of SeCl2 with tert-butylamine in various molar ratios in THF at −78 °C has been investigated by 77Se NMR spectroscopy. In addition to the known Se−N heterocycles Se6(NtBu)2 (1) and Se9(NtBu)6 (2), the acyclic imidoselenium(II) dichlorides ClSe[N(tBu)Se]nCl (4, n = 1; 5, n = 2) and two new cyclic selenium imides [Se3(NtBu)2]n (3, n = 1 or 2) and Se3(NtBu)3 (6) have been isolated and identified. An X-ray analysis shows that 6 is a six-membered ring in a chair conformation with |d(Se−N)| = 1.833 A. Crystal data:  6, trigonal, P3c1, a = 9.8660(3) A, c = 20.8427(7) A, V = 1757.0(1) A3, Z = 6. The 1H, 13C, and 77Se NMR data for 1−6 are reported, and some reassignments of earlier literature data for 1−3 (n = 1) are made. The decomposition of tBuNSeNtBu at 20 °C in toluene was monitored by 77Se NMR. The major products are 6 and 3. The Se(IV)−N systems tBuNSe(μ-NtBu)2E (7, E = SO2; 8, E = SeO) were prepared by the reaction of a mixture of SeCl4 and excess tBuNH2 with SO2Cl2 or SeOCl2, respectively. Co...