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Imex Aguirre Cardenas M, Siu TC, Pimentel AE, Hight MO, Shimono MG, Thai S, Carta V, Su TA. Installing Quaternary Germanium Centers in Sila-Diamondoid Cores via Skeletal Isomerization. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:20588-20594. [PMID: 37683101 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c07290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
Abstract
This manuscript describes skeletal isomerization strategies to install one to four quaternary germanium atoms in the sila-adamantane core, in a cluster analogy to precision germanium doping in silicon-germanium alloys. The first strategy embodies an inorganic variant of single-atom skeletal editing, where we use a sila-Wagner-Meerwein bond shift cascade to exchange a peripheral Ge atom with a core Si atom. We can install up to four Ge atoms at the quaternary diamondoid centers based on controlling the SixGey stoichiometry of our precursor. We find that bridgehead Ge centers can be selectively functionalized over bridgehead Si centers in SiGe adamantanes; we use this chemistry in conjunction with scanning tunneling microscopy break-junction (STM-BJ) measurements to show that Si8Ge2 adamantane wires give a 60% increase in single-molecule conductance compared with Si10 adamantanes. These studies describe the first quantum transport measurements in sila-diamondoid structures, and demonstrate how main-chain Ge doping can be used to increase electronic transmission in sila-diamondoid-based molecular wires.
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- M Imex Aguirre Cardenas
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
- Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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Kühn S, Köstler B, True C, Albers L, Wagner M, Müller T, Marschner C. Selective synthesis of germasila-adamantanes through germanium-silicon shift processes. Chem Sci 2023; 14:8956-8961. [PMID: 37621423 PMCID: PMC10445437 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc03301e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
Abstract
The regioselective synthesis of germasila-adamantanes with the germanium atoms in the bridgehead positions is described starting from cyclic precursors by a cationic sila-Wagner-Meerwein (SWM) rearrangement reaction. The SWM rearrangement allows also a deliberate shift of germanium atoms from the periphery and within the cage structures into the bridgehead positions. This opens the possibility for a synthesis of germasila-adamantanes of defined germanium content and controlled regiochemistry. In the same way that sila-adamantane can be regarded as a molecular building block of elemental silicon, the germasila-adamantane molecules represent cutouts of silicon/germanium alloys.
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- Steffen Kühn
- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Technische Universität Graz Stremayrgasse 9 8010 Graz Austria
- Institut für Chemie, Carl Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg Carl von Ossietzky-Str. 9-11 26129 Oldenburg Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main Max-von-Laue-Str. 7 60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Carl Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg Carl von Ossietzky-Str. 9-11 26129 Oldenburg Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Carl Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg Carl von Ossietzky-Str. 9-11 26129 Oldenburg Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main Max-von-Laue-Str. 7 60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Carl Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg Carl von Ossietzky-Str. 9-11 26129 Oldenburg Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Technische Universität Graz Stremayrgasse 9 8010 Graz Austria
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Takeuchi T, Roy A, Ito H. Iterative Synthesis of Oligosilanes Using Methoxyphenyl- or Hydrogen-Substituted Silylboronates as Building Blocks: A General Synthetic Method for Complex Oligosilanes. J Am Chem Soc 2023. [PMID: 37436952 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c05385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
Abstract
Organosilanes have attracted the attention of researchers for more than 150 years due to their unique properties, and they have become indispensable industrial assets. However, many synthesized oligosilanes with multiple Si-Si bonds are relatively simple, i.e., they often only contain a single repeating unit. More laborious customized synthetic routes can lead to more complex oligosilanes, but compared to carbon-based molecules, their structural diversity remains limited. The development of effective and practical synthetic routes to complex oligosilanes that contain mixed substituents constitutes a long-standing challenge. Here, we describe an iterative synthesis of oligosilanes using methoxyphenyl- or hydrogen-substituted silylboronates, which were obtained via transition-metal-catalyzed Si-H borylation reactions. The first key reaction is a cross-Si-Si bond-forming reaction between chloro(oligo)silanes and silylboronates activated by MeLi. The second key reaction is the selective chlorination of the methoxyphenyl group or the hydrogen atom at the terminal of the oligosilanes. Iteration of these two key reactions enables the synthesis of various oligosilanes that are otherwise difficult to access. As a demonstration of the synthetic utility of this iterative synthetic approach, oligosilanes with different sequences were prepared by simply changing the order of the reaction of four different silicon units. Furthermore, a bespoke tree-shaped oligosilane is easily obtained via the present iterative synthesis. The solid-state structures of several of these oligosilanes were unequivocally determined using single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis.
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- Takumi Takeuchi
- Division of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan
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- Division of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan
- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan
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- Division of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan
- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan
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Siu TC, Imex Aguirre Cardenas M, Seo J, Boctor K, Shimono MG, Tran IT, Carta V, Su TA. Site‐Selective Functionalization of Sila‐Adamantane and Its Ensuing Optical Effects. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202206877. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202206877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Timothy C. Siu
- Department of Chemistry University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
- Materials Science and Engineering Program University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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Siu TC, Imex Aguirre Cardenas M, Seo J, Boctor K, Shimono MG, Tran IT, Carta V, Su TA. Site‐Selective Functionalization of Sila‐Adamantane and Its Ensuing Optical Effects. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202206877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Timothy C. Siu
- Department of Chemistry University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
- Materials Science and Engineering Program University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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Kunkel C, Bolte M, Lerner HW, Albert P, Wagner M. Subvalent mixed Si xGe y oligomers: (Cl 3Si) 4Ge and Cl 2(Me 2EtN)SiGe(SiCl 3) 2. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:12028-12031. [PMID: 34714311 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc05604b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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(Cl3Si)4Ge (1; 91%) is accessible from GeCl4, the Si2Cl6/[nBu4N]Cl silylation system, and excess SiCl4. A key intermediate step involves Cl- sequestration with AlCl3 in the course of the reaction between the first-formed germanide [(Cl3Si)3Ge]- and SiCl4. The related adduct Cl2(Me2EtN)SiGe(SiCl3)2 (2; quantitative conversion) was prepared either by amine-induced cleavage of 1 or by a bottom-up synthesis starting from GeCl4 and Si2Cl6.
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- Chantal Kunkel
- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Straße 7, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Straße 7, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Straße 7, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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- Evonik Operations GmbH, Smart Materials, Untere Kanalstraße 3, 79618 Rheinfelden, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Straße 7, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Klare HFT, Albers L, Süsse L, Keess S, Müller T, Oestreich M. Silylium Ions: From Elusive Reactive Intermediates to Potent Catalysts. Chem Rev 2021; 121:5889-5985. [PMID: 33861564 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The history of silyl cations has all the makings of a drama but with a happy ending. Being considered reactive intermediates impossible to isolate in the condensed phase for decades, their actual characterization in solution and later in solid state did only fuel the discussion about their existence and initially created a lot of controversy. This perception has completely changed today, and silyl cations and their donor-stabilized congeners are now widely accepted compounds with promising use in synthetic chemistry. This review provides a comprehensive summary of the fundamental facts and principles of the chemistry of silyl cations, including reliable ways of their preparation as well as their physical and chemical properties. The striking features of silyl cations are their enormous electrophilicity and as such reactivity as super Lewis acids as well as fluorophilicity. Known applications rely on silyl cations as reactants, stoichiometric reagents, and promoters where the reaction success is based on their steady regeneration over the course of the reaction. Silyl cations can even be discrete catalysts, thereby opening the next chapter of their way into the toolbox of synthetic methodology.
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- Hendrik F T Klare
- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17 Juni 115, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Carl von Ossietzky-Strasse 9-11, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17 Juni 115, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17 Juni 115, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Carl von Ossietzky-Strasse 9-11, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17 Juni 115, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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Li H, Garner MH, Shangguan Z, Chen Y, Zheng Q, Su TA, Neupane M, Liu T, Steigerwald ML, Ng F, Nuckolls C, Xiao S, Solomon GC, Venkataraman L. Large Variations in the Single-Molecule Conductance of Cyclic and Bicyclic Silanes. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:15080-15088. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b10296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Nano-Science Center and Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, Optoelectronic Nano Materials and Devices Institute, Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, Optoelectronic Nano Materials and Devices Institute, Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, Optoelectronic Nano Materials and Devices Institute, Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, Optoelectronic Nano Materials and Devices Institute, Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, Optoelectronic Nano Materials and Devices Institute, Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- Nano-Science Center and Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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Hlina J, Stella F, Aghazadeh Meshgi M, Marschner C, Baumgartner J. σ-Bond Electron Delocalization in Oligosilanes as Function of Substitution Pattern, Chain Length, and Spatial Orientation. Molecules 2016; 21:molecules21081079. [PMID: 27548126 PMCID: PMC6273834 DOI: 10.3390/molecules21081079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2016] [Revised: 08/03/2016] [Accepted: 08/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Polysilanes are known to exhibit the interesting property of σ-bond electron delocalization. By employing optical spectroscopy (UV-vis), it is possible to judge the degree of delocalization and also differentiate parts of the molecules which are conjugated or not. The current study compares oligosilanes of similar chain length but different substitution pattern. The size of the substituents determines the spatial orientation of the main chain and also controls the conformational flexibility. The chemical nature of the substituents affects the orbital energies of the molecules and thus the positions of the absorption bands.
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- Johann Hlina
- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Technische Universität Graz, Stremayrgasse 9, A-8010 Graz, Austria.
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Technische Universität Graz, Stremayrgasse 9, A-8010 Graz, Austria.
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Technische Universität Graz, Stremayrgasse 9, A-8010 Graz, Austria.
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Technische Universität Graz, Stremayrgasse 9, A-8010 Graz, Austria.
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- Institut für Chemie, Karl Franzens Universität Graz, Stremayrgasse 9, 8010 Graz, Austria.
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Albers L, Rathjen S, Baumgartner J, Marschner C, Müller T. Dispersion-Energy-Driven Wagner-Meerwein Rearrangements in Oligosilanes. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:6886-92. [PMID: 27195490 PMCID: PMC4891741 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b03560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The installation of structural complex oligosilanes from linear starting materials by Lewis acid induced skeletal rearrangement reactions was studied under stable ion conditions. The produced cations were fully characterized by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy at low temperature, and the reaction course was studied by substitution experiments. The results of density functional theory calculations indicate the decisive role of attractive dispersion forces between neighboring trimethylsilyl groups for product formation in these rearrangement reactions. These attractive dispersion interactions control the course of Wagner-Meerwein rearrangements in oligosilanes, in contrast to the classical rearrangement in hydrocarbon systems, which are dominated by electronic substituent effects such as resonance and hyperconjugation.
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- Lena Albers
- Institute
of Chemistry, Carl von Ossietzky University
Oldenburg, Carl von Ossietzky-Str.
9-11, 26129 Oldenburg, Federal Republic of Germany
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- Institute
of Chemistry, Carl von Ossietzky University
Oldenburg, Carl von Ossietzky-Str.
9-11, 26129 Oldenburg, Federal Republic of Germany
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- Institute
of Chemistry, Karl Franzens University Graz, Stremayergasse 9, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Technical University
Graz, Stremayergasse
9, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute
of Chemistry, Carl von Ossietzky University
Oldenburg, Carl von Ossietzky-Str.
9-11, 26129 Oldenburg, Federal Republic of Germany
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Hlina J, Zitz R, Wagner H, Stella F, Baumgartner J, Marschner C. σ-Bond electron delocalization of branched oligogermanes and germanium containing oligosilanes. Inorganica Chim Acta 2014; 422:120-133. [PMID: 25431502 PMCID: PMC4236089 DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2014.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2014] [Revised: 07/04/2014] [Accepted: 07/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Oligogermanes and germaoligosilanes isostructural to oligosilanes were synthesized. UV absorption data and X-ray diffraction revealed only marginal differences. Conformational flexibility is directly reflected in the UV absorption spectrum.
In order to evaluate the influence of germanium atoms in oligo- and polysilanes, a number of oligosilane compounds were prepared where two or more silicon atoms were replaced by germanium. While it can be expected that the structural features of thus altered molecules do not change much, the more interesting question is, whether this modification would have a profound influence on the electronic structure, in particular on the property of σ-bond electron delocalization. The UV-spectroscopic comparison of the oligosilanes with germanium enriched oligosilanes and also with oligogermanes showed a remarkable uniform picture. The expected bathochromic shift for oligogermanes and Ge-enriched oligosilanes was observed but its extent was very small. For the low energy absorption band the bathochromic shift from a hexasilane chain (256 nm) to a hexagermane chain with identical substituent patterns (259 nm) amounts to a mere 3 nm.
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- Johann Hlina
- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Technische Universität Graz, Stremayrgasse 9, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Technische Universität Graz, Stremayrgasse 9, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Technische Universität Graz, Stremayrgasse 9, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Technische Universität Graz, Stremayrgasse 9, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Technische Universität Graz, Stremayrgasse 9, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Technische Universität Graz, Stremayrgasse 9, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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Wallner A, Hlina J, Wagner H, Baumgartner J, Marschner C. Conformational Control of Polysilanes: Use of CH(2) Spacers in the Silicon Backbone. Organometallics 2011; 30:3930-3938. [PMID: 21818170 PMCID: PMC3148124 DOI: 10.1021/om1011159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
By the reaction of a number of oligosilyl potassium compounds with (trimethylsilyl)chloromethane, derivatives containing the (trimethylsilyl)methyl substituent were prepared. Using X-ray single-crystal structure analysis and UV spectroscopy the conformational properties of some of the compounds were studied. It was found that the (trimethylsilyl)methylated examples exhibit UV absorption properties which correspond to lower energy transitions in comparison to those of analogous trimethylsilylated molecules. The influence of this effect decreases, however, with increasing chain lengths.
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- Andreas Wallner
- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Technische Universität Graz, Stremayrgasse 9, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Technische Universität Graz, Stremayrgasse 9, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Technische Universität Graz, Stremayrgasse 9, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Technische Universität Graz, Stremayrgasse 9, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Technische Universität Graz, Stremayrgasse 9, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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