Conversion of a singlet silylene to a stable biradical

Kartik Chandra Mondal, Herbert W. Roesky, Martin C. Schwarzer, Gernot Frenking, Igor Tkach, Hilke Wolf, Daniel Kratzert, Regine Herbst-Irmer, Benedikt Niepötter, Dietmar Stalke

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Abstract

Silicon becomes colored: Stable biradicals were prepared from an N-heterocyclic carbene stabilized SiCl2 and a cyclic alkyl(amino)carbene, and characterized as two polymorphs. The deep-blue crystals of one polymorph are stable upon exposure to air for about a week, while the solution in THF decomposes rapidly when exposed to air. In a side reaction, the different carbene species react with each other under C-H activation and C-C bond formation in the presence of the biradical.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1801-1805
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume52
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Feb 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • EPR spectroscopy
  • N-heterocyclic carbenes
  • biradicals
  • cyclic alkyl(amino)carbenes
  • singlet silylenes

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