Donor-stabilized silyl cations. 9. Two dissociation patterns of hexacoordinate silicon complexes: A model nucleophilic substitution at pentacoordinate silicon

Boris Gostevskii, Gilad Silbert, Keren Adear, Akella Sivaramakrishna, Dietmar Stalke, Stephan Deuerlein, Nikolaus Kocher, Mikhail G. Voronkov, Inna Kalikhman, Daniel Kost

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Abstract

Hexacoordinate silicon bischelates with bulky monodentate alkyl ligands tend to ionize, while those with electron-withdrawing CF3 substituents on the chelate rings resist ionization. A hexacoordinate silicon complex with both of these structural features was prepared and was found, by its temperature-dependent 29Si NMR spectroscopy, to undergo a reversible neutral dissociation of the N→Si dative bond, which satisfies both tendencies. The results are supported by crystallographic structure analyses and by nonempirical MO calculations of isodesmic reaction energies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2913-2920
Number of pages8
JournalOrganometallics
Volume24
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 6 Jun 2005

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry

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