Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jan 24, 2026

Fabrication of Spatially Confined Complex Oxides
Published on: July 1, 2013
A two-coordinate Ni(i) silyl complex: CO2 insertion and oxidatively-induced silyl migrations
1Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA. tdtilley@berkeley.edu.
Abstract:
The synthesis and reactivity of the first open-shell two-coordinate silyl complex, (IPr)Ni-Si(SiMe3)3, (IPr = 1,3-di(2,6-di-iso-propylphenyl)imidazolin-2-ylidene) is reported. Reaction with CO2 results in a novel insertion product that possesses a distorted geometry. Oxidations of the Ni center, with [Cp2Fe][B(C6F5)4] and Ph3CCl, result in migratory rearrangements of the silyl ligand, apparently via related silylene intermediates. The distinct oxidation products are interconverted by reactions that introduce or remove chloride.
Related Concept Videos
Cytoskeletal Coordination in Cell Migration
Coordination Number and Geometry
Coordination Compounds and Nomenclature
Lattice Centering and Coordination Number
Types of Unit Cells
Imagine taking a large number of identical...
Pyruvate Oxidation
First, the enzyme pyruvate dehydrogenase removes the carboxyl group from pyruvate and releases it as carbon dioxide. The stripped molecule is then oxidized and releases electrons, which are then picked up by NAD+...
Oxidation Numbers

