Juandro Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 I need to know the product of the reaction of triethylamine + FeCl3, I found this example with aniline. 3 C6H5NH2 + FeCl3 = (C6H5NH)3Fe + 3HCl But I don't know if that is right and I how would it be with triethylamine being a tertiary amine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elite Engineer Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 thinking maybe, if the nitrogen in triethylamine was protonated, it would be + charged, facilitating a chloride atom from FeCl3 to bind to the + nitrogen...I guess that's a start.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabcockHall Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 If the nitrogen were protonated, it would not have a lone pair of electrons to coordinate to the iron ion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 In the presence of water you would get what's loosely described as Fe(OH)3 and the hydrochloride of the amine. In the absence of water My guess would be some sort of complex of the amine and the Fe(III) ion as the chloride Maybe [Fe(C6H15N)3] Cl3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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