Magnetic interaction between two triplet nitrene units through diphenylsilane and 1,2-diphenyldisilane couplers
作者:Takatsugu Doi、Andrew S. Ichimura、Noboru Koga、Hiizu Iwamura
DOI:10.1021/ja00073a006
日期:1993.10
m,m'-, m,p'-, and p,p'-Bis(azidophenyl)dimethylsilanes 1a and 1,2-bis(azidophenyl)-1,1,2,2-tetramethyldisilanes 2a were prepared, and the dipolar and exchange couplings in the corresponding dinitrenes 1n and 2n generated photochemically were investigated by means of EPR spectroscopy at cryogenic temperatures. The powder pattern fine structures due to the quintet states with \D/hc\ = 0.158 and 0.172 cm-1 and \E/hc\ = 0.014 and 0.009 cm-1 were observed for p,p-2n and m,m'-2n, respectively. Temperature dependences of the EPR signal intensities due to the high-spin states revealed that the two nitrene centers separated by the disilane linkage interact antiferromagnetically in p,p'-2n and m,m'-2n and ferromagnetically in m,p'-2n. The energy differences between the singlet and quintet states (DELTAE(S-Q)) were estimated to be -300 and 0 > DELTAE(S-Q) > -3.4 cal/mol for p,p'-2n and m,m'-2n, respectively. Comparison with the monosilanes which have no interaction except for a weak dipolar coupling in m,p'-1n suggested that the sigma-pi conjugation in the PhSiSiPh moiety may play an important role in this through-bond interaction. The observed regioselectivity of the ground-state spin multiplicity and the necessity for sigma-pi overlap in providing through-bond exchange coupling were bolstered by semiempirical CI calculations.