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Published on: October 18, 2019
Different Reactivity of As4 towards Disilenes and Silylenes
Andreas E Seitz1, Maria Eckhardt1, Sakya S Sen2
1Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, 93040, Regensburg, Germany.
Abstract:
The activation of yellow arsenic is possible with the silylene [PhC(NtBu)2 SiN(SiMe3 )2 ] (1) and the disilene [(Me3 Si)2 N(η1 -Me5 C5 )Si=Si(η1 -Me5 C5 )N(SiMe3 )2 ] (3). The reaction of As4 with 1 leads to the unprecedented As10 cage compound [(LSiN(SiMe3 )2 )3 As10 ] (2; L=PhC(NtBu)2 ) with an As7 nortricyclane core stabilized by arsasilene moieties containing silicon(II)bis(trimethylsilyl)amide substituents. In contrast, the compound [Cp*{(SiMe3 )2 N}SiAs]2 (4) containing a butterfly-like diarsadisilabicyclo[1.1.0]butane unit is formed by the reaction of As4 with the disilene 3. Both compounds were characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, NMR spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry. The reaction outcomes demonstrate the different reaction behavior of yellow arsenic (As4 ) compared to white phosphorus (P4 ) in the reactions with the corresponding silylenes and disilenes.
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