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Geminal (2)J((29)Si-O-(29)Si) couplings in oligosiloxanes and their relation to direct (1)J((29) Si-(13)C) couplings
Milan Kurfürst1, Vratislav Blechta, Jan Schraml
1Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of the ASCR, v. v. i, 16502 Prague 6, Czech Republic.
Abstract:
Absolute values of (79) geminal (2)J((29) Si-O-(29)Si) couplings were measured in an extensive series of (55) unstrained siloxanes dissolved in chloroform-d. Signs of (2)J((29)Si-O-(29)Si) in some (9) silicon hydrides were determined relative to (1)J((29)Si-(1)H) which are known to be negative. It is supposed that positive sign of the (2)J((29)Si-O-(29)Si) coupling found in all studied hydrides is common to all siloxanes. Theoretical calculations for simple model compounds failed to reproduce this sign and so their predictions of bond length and angle dependences cannot be taken as reliable. Useful empirical correlations were found between the (2)J((29)Si-O-(29)Si) couplings on one side and the total number m of oxygen atoms bonded to the silicon atoms, sum of (29)Si chemical shifts or product of (1)J((29)Si-(13)C) couplings on the other side. The significance of these correlations is briefly discussed.
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