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Si=Si Double Bonds: Synthesis of an NHC-Stabilized Disilavinylidene
Priyabrata Ghana1, Marius I Arz1, Ujjal Das1
1Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Strasse 1, 53121 Bonn (Germany).
Abstract:
An efficient two-step synthesis of the first NHC-stabilized disilavinylidene (Z)-(SIdipp)Si=Si(Br)Tbb (2; SIdipp=C[N(C6H3-2,6-iPr2)CH2]2, Tbb=C6H2-2,6-[CH(SiMe3)2]2-4-tBu, NHC=N-heterocyclic carbene) is reported. The first step of the procedure involved a 2:1 reaction of SiBr2(SIdipp) with the 1,2-dibromodisilene (E)-Tbb(Br)Si=Si(Br)Tbb at 100 °C, which afforded selectively an unprecedented NHC-stabilized bromo(silyl)silylene, namely SiBr(SiBr2Tbb)(SIdipp) (1). Alternatively, compound 1 could be obtained from the 2:1 reaction of SiBr2(SIdipp) with LiTbb at low temperature. 1 was then selectively reduced with C8K to give the NHC-stabilized disilavinylidene 2. Both low-valent silicon compounds were comprehensively characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis, multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, and elemental analyses. Additionally, the electronic structure of 2 was studied by various quantum-chemical methods.
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