A dimer of silaisonitrile with two-coordinate silicon atoms

Rajendra S. Ghadwal, Herbert W. Roesky, Kevin Pröpper, Birger Dittrich, Susanne Klein, Gernot Frenking

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Abstract

A specialty of silicon: A stable dimeric silaisonitrile (ArNSi:) 2 (see picture; Ar=2,6-bis(2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl)phenyl) was prepared by the reduction of dichlorosilaimine IPrCl2SiNAr with KC8. The dimer is the first base-free disilylene with two-coordinate silicon atoms; reaction with trimethylsilyl azide affords the first bis(silaimine) (ArNSiNSiMe3)2 with three-coordinate silicon atoms.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5374-5378
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume50
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - 27 May 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • X-ray diffraction
  • density functional calculations
  • main-group elements
  • multiple bonds
  • silylenes

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