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Stable five-coordinate silicon(IV) complexes with SiN4 X skeletons (X = S, Se, Te) and Si=X double bonds
Konstantin Junold1, Johannes A Baus, Christian Burschka
1Universität Würzburg, Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany)
|November 23, 2012
Abstract:
Silylenes: Reaction of the donor-stabilized silylene 1 with elemental sulfur, selenium, or tellurium led to the formation of 2 a-c [SiN(4)X skeletons (X = S, Se, Te)], the first stable five-coordinate silicon(IV) compounds with silicon-chalcogen double bonds (see figure).
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