Anionic Cadmium Complexes Containing the Bulky Tris(trimethylsilyl)germyl and Tris(trimethylsilyl)silyl Ligands
摘要:
The first triiodo-bridged tris(trimethylsilyl)silyl- and tris(trimethylsilyl)germyldicadmium anionic complexes were prepared from CdI2 and 2 equiv of LiE(SiMe(3))(3) (E = Si and Ge) in hexane. The crystal structure of the germyl derivative 1 was determined. It crystallizes as a lithium salt from pentane in the Cmcm space group (orthorhombic) with a = 14.494(2), b = 16.334(3), and c = 27.361 Angstrom, V = 6478 Angstrom(3), and Z = 4. The complex anion of 1, [(Me(3)Si)(3)GeCd(mu-I-3)CdGe(SiMe(3))(3)(-)], exhibits two approximately tetrahedrally coordinated cadmiums with three iodides in trigonal bridging positions between the cadmiums. Efforts to prepare similar chloride-bridged structures were not fruitful.