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Imine Metathesis by Silica-Supported Catalysts Using the Methodology of Surface Organometallic Chemistry
Published on: October 18, 2019
Complex of silylene with nitrogen: a combined matrix-spectroscopic and density functional theory study
Günther Maier1, Hans Peter Reisenauer, Jörg Glatthaar
1Institut für Organische Chemie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 58, 35392 Giessen, Germany. Guenther.Maier@org.Chemie.uni-giessen.de
Abstract:
The quest for a new and productive route to matrix-isolated silylene 1 has led to the observation that the presence of nitrogen is favorable, as under such conditions 1 is stabilized by formation of a donor-acceptor complex 1 x N2. Either matrix photolysis of diazidosilane or pulsed high-vacuum flash pyrolysis of 1,1,1-trimethyldisilane, followed by condensation of the products with nitrogen at 10 K, were applied as synthetic procedures. In a similar manner, complex 1 x CO can be generated. The results are supported by isotopic-labeling studies. The structural elucidation of the new species is based on the comparison of experimental IR and UV/Vis spectra with data from density functional theory calculations.
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