Pentacoordinationversustetracoordination in silicon derivatives of anO,N,O′-tridentate ligand
摘要:
Bis[2-(2-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzylideneamino) phenolato-kappa O]dimethylsilicon, C30H30N2O6Si, (II), was isolated from the reaction of 2-(2-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzylideneamino) phenol, (I), with dichlorodimethylsilane at 339 K. It consists of two ligand molecules and the Me2Si unit forming a dialkoxydimethylsilane with a tetracoordinate Si atom. [2-(3-Methoxy-2-oxidobenzylideneamino) phenolato-kappa O-3,N,O'] dimethylsilicon, C16H17NO3Si, (III), was isolated from the same reaction conducted at 263 K. In this complex, the dianion of (I) is coordinated via two O atoms and an azomethine N atom to the pentacoordinate Si atom. According to quantum chemical calculations, (II) is the thermodynamically stable product and (III) is the kinetically favoured product.