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Approach to the “Missing” Diarylsilylene: Formation, Characterization, and Intramolecular C−H Bond Activation of Blue Diarylsilylenes Having Bulky Rind Groups
Mochihara, K.; Morimoto, T.; Ota, K.; Marumoto, S.; Hashizume, D.; Matsuo, T. Approach to the “Missing” Diarylsilylene: Formation, Characterization, and Intramolecular C–H Bond Activation of Blue Diarylsilylenes with Bulky Rind Groups. Int. J. Mol. Sci.2024, 25, 3761.
Mochihara, K.; Morimoto, T.; Ota, K.; Marumoto, S.; Hashizume, D.; Matsuo, T. Approach to the “Missing” Diarylsilylene: Formation, Characterization, and Intramolecular C–H Bond Activation of Blue Diarylsilylenes with Bulky Rind Groups. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25, 3761.
Mochihara, K.; Morimoto, T.; Ota, K.; Marumoto, S.; Hashizume, D.; Matsuo, T. Approach to the “Missing” Diarylsilylene: Formation, Characterization, and Intramolecular C–H Bond Activation of Blue Diarylsilylenes with Bulky Rind Groups. Int. J. Mol. Sci.2024, 25, 3761.
Mochihara, K.; Morimoto, T.; Ota, K.; Marumoto, S.; Hashizume, D.; Matsuo, T. Approach to the “Missing” Diarylsilylene: Formation, Characterization, and Intramolecular C–H Bond Activation of Blue Diarylsilylenes with Bulky Rind Groups. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25, 3761.
Abstract
The treatment of the bulky Rind-based dibromosilanes, (Rind)2SiBr2 (2) [Rind = 1,1,7,7-tetra-R1-3,3,5,5-tetra-R2-s-hydrindacen-4-yl: EMind (a: R1 = Et, R2 = Me) and Eind (b: R1 = R2 = Et)], with two equivalents of tBuLi in Et2O at low temperatures resulted in the formation of blue solutions derived from the diarylsilylenes, (Rind)2Si: (3). Upon warming the solutions above −20 °C, the blue color gradually faded, accompanying the decomposition of 3 and yielding the cyclic hydrosilanes (4) via intramolecular C−H bond insertion at the Si(II) center. The molecular structures of the bulky Eind-based 3b and 4b were confirmed by X-ray crystallography. Thus, at −20 °C, blue crystals were formed (Crystal-A), which were identified as mixed crystals of 3b and 4b. Additionally, colorless crystals of 4b as a singular component were isolated (Crystal-B), whose structure was also determined by an X-ray diffraction analysis. Although the isolation of 3 was difficult due to their thermally-labile nature, their structural characteristics and electronic properties were discussed based on the experimental findings complemented by computational results. We also examined the hydrolysis of 3b to afford the silanol, (Eind)2SiH(OH) (5b).
Keywords
silicon; silylenes; hydrosilanes; C−H bond activation; silanols
Subject
Chemistry and Materials Science, Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry
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