Steric Effects in Heteroboranes. VI. 1-Ph-2-tBuMe2Si-1,2-closo-C2B10H10
摘要:
The new icosahedral closo-dicarbaborane 1-phenyl-2-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-1,2-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane(12), C14H30B10Si, has been prepared and its structure determined by a crystallographic study. Although some relief from steric crowding is achieved by a bending back of the cage-bound phenyl substituent, the bulk of the tert-butyldimethylsilyl group severely restricts any bending back of the silyl moiety. In consequence, some deformation of the cage has resulted, Most significantly, the C-cage-C-cage connectivity suffers a considerable extension: the C(1)-C(2) distance is 1.745 (6) Angstrom, one of the longest observed in systems of this type.