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Kushvaha SK, Gorantla SMNVT, Kallenbach P, Herbst-Irmer R, Stalke D, Roesky HW. Preparation of a high-coordinated-silicon-centered spiro-cyclic compound. Dalton Trans 2024. [PMID: 38900062 DOI: 10.1039/d4dt00627e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
Abstract
Silicon compounds containing silicon-silicon bond with a variety of unusual oxidation states are quite important, because their high reactivity leads to the formation of a variety of silicon compounds. The isolation of such compounds with unusual oxidation states requires a resilient synthetic strategy. Herein, we report the synthesis of a silicon based spirocyclic compound containing a hyper-valent silicon atom and a silicon-silicon bond. The computational calculations employing natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis and energy decomposition analysis-natural orbitals for chemical valence (EDA-NOCV) reveal that the nature of bonding between the silicon atoms is of an electron sharing nature.
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- Hylleraas Centre for Quantum Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Georg-August Universität, Göttingen, Germany.
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Georg-August Universität, Göttingen, Germany.
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Georg-August Universität, Göttingen, Germany.
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Georg-August Universität, Göttingen, Germany.
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Bührmann L, Albers L, Beuße M, Schmidtmann M, Müller T. Aluminagerma[5]pyramidanes-Formation and Skeletal Rearrangement. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202401467. [PMID: 38470087 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202401467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2024] [Revised: 02/18/2024] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024]
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The salt metathesis reaction of dipotassium germacyclopentadienediide with aluminum(III) dichlorides provides either half-sandwich alumole complexes of germanium(II) or aluminylene germole complexes. Their molecular structure and the delocalized bonding situation, revealed by density functional theory (DFT) calculations, are equally described as isomeric aluminagerma[5]pyramidanes with either the germanium or the aluminum atom in the apical position of the pentagonal pyramid. The product formation and the selectivity of the reaction depends on the third substituent of the aluminum dichloride. Aryl-substituents favor the formation of alumole complexes and Cp*-substituents that of the isomeric germole complexes. With amino-substituents at the aluminum atom mixtures of both isomers are formed and the positional exchange of the two heteroatoms is shown by NMR spectroscopy. The alumole complexes of germanium(II) undergo facile reductive elimination of germanium and form the corresponding alumoles.
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- Lukas Bührmann
- Institute of Chemistry, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Carl von Ossietzky-Str. 9-11, D. 26129, Oldenburg, Federal Republic of Germany, EU
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- Institute of Chemistry, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Carl von Ossietzky-Str. 9-11, D. 26129, Oldenburg, Federal Republic of Germany, EU
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- Institute of Chemistry, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Carl von Ossietzky-Str. 9-11, D. 26129, Oldenburg, Federal Republic of Germany, EU
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- Institute of Chemistry, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Carl von Ossietzky-Str. 9-11, D. 26129, Oldenburg, Federal Republic of Germany, EU
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- Institute of Chemistry, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Carl von Ossietzky-Str. 9-11, D. 26129, Oldenburg, Federal Republic of Germany, EU
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Pandey MK, Hendi Z, Wang X, Bhandari A, Singh MK, Rachuy K, Kumar Kushvaha S, Herbst-Irmer R, Stalke D, Roesky HW. Stabilization of NH- Group Adjacent to Naked Silicon(II) Atom in Base Stabilized Aminosilylenes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202317416. [PMID: 38135667 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202317416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Revised: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023]
Abstract
Aminosilylene, comprising reactive NH- and Si(II) sites next to each other, is an intriguing class of compounds due to its ability to show diverse reactivity. However, stabilizing the reactive NH- group next to the free Si(II) atom is challenging and has not yet been achieved. Herein, we report the first examples of base stabilized free aminosilylenes Ar*NHSi(PhC(Nt Bu)2 ) (1 a) and Mes*NHSi(PhC(Nt Bu)2 ) (1 b) (Ar*=2,6-dibenzhydryl-4-methylphenyl and Mes*=2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenyl), tolerating a NH- group next to the naked Si(II) atom. Remarkably, 1 a and 1 b exhibited interesting differences in their reactivity upon heating. With 1 a, an intramolecular C(sp3 )-H activation of one of the benzhydryl methine hydrogen atoms to the Si(II) atom produced the five-membered cyclic silazane 2. However, with 1 b, a rare 1,2-hydrogen shift to the Si(II) atom afforded a silanimine 3, with a hydride ligand attached to an unsaturated silicon atom. Further, the coordination capabilities of 1 a were also tested with Ru(II) and Fe(0) precursors. Treatments of 1 a with [Ru(η6 -p-cymene)Cl2 ]2 led to the isolation of a η6 -arene tethered complex [RuCl2 {Ar*NHSi(PhC(t BuN)2 )-κ1 -Si-η6 -arene}] (4), whereas with the Fe(CO)5 precursor a Fe(0) complex [Fe(CO)4 {Ar*NHSi(PhC(t BuN)2 )-κ1 -Si}] (5) was obtained. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were conducted to shed light on the structural, bonding, and energetic aspects in 1-5.
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- Madhusudan K Pandey
- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, Edinburgh, UK
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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Luder DJ, Terefenko N, Sun Q, Eckert H, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Kehr G, Erker G, Wiegand T. Polar covalent apex-base bonding in borapyramidanes probed by solid-state NMR and DFT calculations. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202303701. [PMID: 38078510 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/04/2024]
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Pyramidane molecules have attracted chemists for many decades due to their regular shape, high symmetry and their correspondence in the macroscopic world. Recently, experimental access to a number of examples has been reported, in particular the rarely reported square pyramidal bora[4]pyramidanes. To describe the bonding situation of the nonclassical structure of pyramidanes, we present solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) as a versatile tool for deciphering such bonding properties for three now accessible bora[4]pyramidane and dibora[5]pyramidane molecules. 11 B solid-state NMR spectra indicate that the apical boron nuclei in these compounds are strongly shielded (around -50 ppm vs. BF3 -Et2 O complex) and possess quadrupolar coupling constants of less than 0.9 MHz pointing to a rather high local symmetry. 13 C-11 B spin-spin coupling constants have been explored as a measure of the bond covalency in the borapyramidanes. While the carbon-boron bond to the -B(C6 F5 )2 substituents of the base serves as an example for a classical covalent 2-center-2-electron (2c-2e) sp2 -carbon-sp2 -boron σ-bond with 1 J(13 C-11 B) coupling constants in the order of 75 Hz, those of the boron(apical)-carbon(basal) bonds in the pyramid are too small to measure. These results suggest that these bonds have a strongly ionic character, which is also supported by quantum-chemical calculations.
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- Dominique J Luder
- Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Organische Chemie, University of Münster, Corrensstr. 36, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, SP 13566-590, Brazil
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, University of Münster, Corrensstr. 30, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Organische Chemie, University of Münster, Corrensstr. 36, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Organische Chemie, University of Münster, Corrensstr. 36, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstr. 34-36, 45470, Mülheim, Germany
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Sun Q, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Kehr G, Erker G. Molecular pyramids - from tetrahedranes to [6]pyramidanes. Nat Rev Chem 2023; 7:732-746. [PMID: 37612459 DOI: 10.1038/s41570-023-00525-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
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The study of 3D architectures at a molecular scale has fascinated chemists for generations. This includes molecular pyramids with all-carbon frameworks, such as trigonal, tetragonal and pentagonal pyramidal geometries. A small number of substituted tetrahedranes and all-carbon [4]-[5]pyramidanes have been experimentally generated and studied. Although the hypothetical unsubstituted parent [3]-[6]pyramidanes have only been explored computationally, the formal replacement of carbon vertices with isolobal main group element fragments has provided a number of examples of stable hetero[m]pyramidanes, which have been isolated and amply characterized. In this Review, we highlight the synthesis and chemical properties of [3]-[6]pyramidanes and summarize the progress in the development of chemistry of pyramid-shaped molecules.
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- Qiu Sun
- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Münster, Münster, Germany.
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Chen H, Hu X, Wang W, Gao L, Song Z. Recent Progress in the Synthesis of Silaspiranes. Chemistry 2023:e202302371. [PMID: 37739927 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Revised: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/24/2023]
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Silaspiranes bearing a spiro-silicon center are promising ring frameworks for the synthesis of novel spirocyclic molecules possessing unique properties. Development of efficient methods towards these ring structures has therefore attracted considerable attentions of synthetic chemists. This minireview highlights the representative advances in the field, and is categorized into four parts according to the ring formation strategies: cyclization, annulation, ring expansion and cycloaddition.
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- Hua Chen
- College of Pharmaceutical Science and, Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals, Zhejiang University of Technology, 310014, Hangzhou, P. R. China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science and, Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals, Zhejiang University of Technology, 310014, Hangzhou, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and, Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and, Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, 610064, Chengdu, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Organosilicon Chemistry and, Material Technology of Ministry of Education, Hangzhou Normal University, 311121, Hangzhou, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and, Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and, Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, 610064, Chengdu, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and, Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and, Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, 610064, Chengdu, P. R. China
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Lee VY, Gapurenko OA. Pyramidanes: newcomers to the anti-van't Hoff-Le Bel family. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:10067-10086. [PMID: 37551825 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc02757k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
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In this feature article, an overview of the chemistry of pyramidanes, as a novel class of main group element clusters, is given. A general introduction sets the scene, briefly presenting the non-classical pyramidal geometry of tetracoordinate carbon, as opposed to the classical tetrahedral configuration. Pyramidanes, as the simplest organic compounds possessing a pyramidal carbon atom, are then discussed from both computational and experimental viewpoints, to show the theoretical predictions on the stability and thus the feasibility of pyramidanes has finally culminated in the isolation of the first stable representatives of the pyramidane family featuring heavy main group elements at the apex of the square pyramid. Synthetic strategies towards pyramidanes, as well as their peculiar structural features, non-classical bonding situations, and specific reactivity, are presented and discussed in this review.
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- Vladimir Ya Lee
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8571, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- Institute of Physical and Organic Chemistry, Southern Federal University, Rostov on Don 344090, Russian Federation.
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Koike T, Iwamoto T. Cyclobutenylidene: A Multifaceted Two-Coordinate Carbon Species Obtained via Skeletal Editing of a Cyclopropenylidene. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:9264-9272. [PMID: 37040540 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c01906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/13/2023]
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C4H4 isomers not only serve as a basis to understand the chemical properties of hydrocarbons but are possible intermediates in combustion and organic reactions in outer space. Cyclobutenylidene (CBY), an elusive C4H4 isomer, is often proposed as a key intermediate in transition-metal-catalyzed metathesis and cycloaddition reactions between carbon-carbon multiple bonds. The geometrical structure of cyclobutenylidene predicted by calculations had been debated as whether it should be regarded as a carbocyclic carbene or a strained bridgehead alkene. Here, we report the synthesis of a crystalline cyclobutenylidene derivative, namely, a 3-silacyclobut-2-en-4-ylidene (SiCBY) via "carbene-to-carbene ring-expansion" reaction of an isolable diaminocyclopropenylidene induced by a silicon analogue of a carbene (silylene). The SiCBY exhibits multifaceted electronic properties which are corroborated by its extremely strong electron-donating properties and ambiphilic reactivity toward small gaseous molecules and C-H bonds. This result introduces an exciting strategy as well as a molecular motif to access low-valent carbon species with unusual electronic properties.
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- Taichi Koike
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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