An N-Heterocyclic Carbene−Disilyne Complex and Its Reactivity toward ZnCl2
摘要:
The reaction of disilyne 1 with 1,3,4,5-tetramethylimidazol-2-ylidene (an N-heterocyclic carbene, NHC) produced the disilyne-NHC complex 2, RLSi=SiR: (R = (SiPr)-Pr-i[CH(SiMe3)(2)](2), L = NHC), with a trans geometry of the Si-Si moiety and lone-pair electrons residing on one of the double-bonded Si atoms. Upon complexation of 2 with ZnCl2, the disilyne-NHC-ZnCl2 complex 3 was produced, in which the Si-Si bond adopted the cis geometry.
An N-Heterocyclic Carbene−Disilyne Complex and Its Reactivity toward ZnCl2
摘要:
The reaction of disilyne 1 with 1,3,4,5-tetramethylimidazol-2-ylidene (an N-heterocyclic carbene, NHC) produced the disilyne-NHC complex 2, RLSi=SiR: (R = (SiPr)-Pr-i[CH(SiMe3)(2)](2), L = NHC), with a trans geometry of the Si-Si moiety and lone-pair electrons residing on one of the double-bonded Si atoms. Upon complexation of 2 with ZnCl2, the disilyne-NHC-ZnCl2 complex 3 was produced, in which the Si-Si bond adopted the cis geometry.
[[(Me<sub>3</sub>Si)<sub>2</sub>CH]<sub>2</sub><sup><i>i</i></sup>PrSi(NHC)Si═Si(Me)Si<sup><i>i</i></sup>Pr[CH(SiMe<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]<sub>2</sub>]<sup>+</sup>: A Molecule with Disilenyl Cation Character
cation 2 [RLSi═SiRMe](+), which is the first example of a base-stabilized heavy group 14 element analogue with vinyl cation character. Cation 2 has been fully characterized by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis. The molecular structure indicates that there are significant contributions from the NHC-stabilized cationic resonance structure 2A, the disilene-like structure 2B, and