Tetra(o-phenyldiazo-p-methylphenoxy)silane – A silicon complex with a fourfold capped-tetrahedral [4+4] coordination sphere
摘要:
2-Hydroxy-5-methylazobenzene (HO-C6H3-p-Me-o-N=N-C6H5, 1) reacts with SiCl4 in the presence of triethylamine to yield the [4+4]-coordinate silicon complex 2 [Si(O-C6H3-p-Me-o-N=N-C6H5)(4)]. Its molecular structure has been determined by X-ray crystallography, and 2 represents the first structurally characterized Si-complex bearing o-diazophenoxy ligands. 29 Si NMR data suggest that the capped tetrahedral coordination sphere of the Si-atom is retained in solution. Even the difluorocompound 3 [F2Si(O-C6H3-p-Me-o-N=N-C6H5)(2)] still exhibits a tetracoordinate Si-atom, whereas 4 [F2B(0-C6H3-p-Me-o-N=N-C6H5)] the byproduct of the formation of 3 from 2, bears a bidentate chelating o-phenyldiazo-p-methylphenoxy ligand. (c) 2007 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.