Molecular structure and cluster formation of a tert-butylborylene complex.
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The neutral pentacoordinate silicon(IV) complexes 8 and 9 with an SiO2N3 skeleton and the neutral hexacoordinate silicon(IV) complex 10.1/2 CH3CN with an SiO4N2 skeleton were synthesized, starting from tetra(cyanato-N)silane or tetra(thiocyanato-N)silane. Compounds 8 and 9 contain one tridentate dianionic ligand derived from 4-[(2-hydroxyphenyl)amino]pent-3-en-2-one and two monodentate singly charged cyanato-N or thiocyanato-N ligands bound to the silicon(IV) coordination center, whereas the silicon(IV) center of 10 is coordinated by two of these tridentate dianionic ligands. All compounds were characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and solid-state and solution NMR spectroscopy. To get more information about the stereochemistry of the compounds studied, the experimental investigations were complemented by computational studies.
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Addition of dilithiated ferrocene to AlEt2Cl and Al(kappa2-C,NNMe2CH2C6H4)Cl2 yields the trimeric ferrocenyl derivative 1 and the dimeric [1,1']-ferrocenophane 2, respectively. Solution spectroscopy is consistent with the solid-state structures, which reveal unusual and unprecedented bonding around the aluminum centers.
A series of novel hexacoordinate silicon(IV) complexes with an SiO2N4 skeleton (compounds (OC-6-12)-3, (OC-6-12)-4, (OC-6-12)-5, (OC-6-12)-6, and (OC-6-2'2)-7) were synthesized, starting from Si(NCO)4 or Si(NCS)4. These compounds contain (i) two bidentate O,N-chelate ligands (or one tetradentate O,N,N,O-chelate ligand) derived from 4-aminopent-3-en-2-ones of the formula type Me-C(NRH)=CH-C(O)-Me (R = organyl) and (ii) two monodentate cyanato-N or thiocyanato-N ligands. Formally, the bidentate singly negatively charged O,N-chelate ligands (tetradentate 2-fold negatively charged O,N,N,O-chelate ligand) behave as ligands of the imino-enolato type. In addition, the adduct trans-8 was synthesized by reaction of Si(NCS)4 with 2 molar equiv of Me-C(Ni-PrH)=CH-C(O)-Me. This hexacoordinate silicon(IV) complex contains (i) four monodentate thiocyanato-N ligands and (ii) two neutral monodentate ligands of the iminio-enolato type. All compounds synthesized were structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and solid-state and solution NMR spectroscopy. To get more information about the stereochemistry of these compounds, the experimental investigations were complemented by computational studies.
The racemic hexacoordinate silicon(IV) complex tri(n-butyl)ammonium bis[citrato(3-)-O1,O3,O6]silicate (1) was synthesized by treatment of Si(OMe)4 with 2 molar equiv of citric acid and 2 molar equiv of N(n-Bu)3. The corresponding germanium analogue, tri(n-butyl)ammonium bis[citrato(3-)-O1,O3,O6]germanate (5; structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction), was obtained analogously, starting from Ge(OMe)4. Upon dissolution in water, the lambda6Si-silicate dianion of 1 hydrolyzes spontaneously (formation of Si(OH)4 and citric acid), whereas the lambda6Ge-germanate dianion of 5 was found to be stable in water. Aqueous "solutions" of 1, with concentrations that are significantly higher than the saturation concentration of Si(OH)4, look absolutely clear over a period of several weeks; however, in reality, these solutions are sols with very small particles that slowly grow with time and finally form a gel that precipitates. This sol-gel process was monitored by small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). For reasons of comparison, an aqueous solution of the hydrolytically stable germanium compound 5 was also studied by the SANS technique.
A series of zwitterionic lambda(5)Si-silicates with a (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinio)methyl group and two identical bidentate ligands derived from glycine, (S)-alanine, (S)-phenylalanine, glycolic acid, (S)-lactic acid, (S)-3-phenyllactic acid, or (S)-mandelic acid were synthesized and structurally characterized (solution and solid-state NMR spectroscopy; single-crystal X-ray diffraction). The chiral lambda(5)Si-silicates with ligands derived from optically active alpha-amino acids or alpha-hydroxycarboxylic acids were isolated as enantiomerically and diastereomerically pure compounds that undergo a (Lambda)/(Delta)-epimerization in solution.
Reaction of Si(OMe)(4) with acetohydroxamic acid or benzohydroxamic acid and HNMe(2) (molar ratio 1:3:2) in MeCN yielded dimethylammonium fac-tris[acetohydroximato(2-)]silicate (fac-5) and N,N-dimethylacetamidinium fac-tris[benzohydroximato(2-)]silicate (fac-8), respectively. Reaction of Si(OMe)(4) with benzohydroxamic acid and HNMe(2) (molar ratio 1:3:2) or ethane-1,2-diamine (molar ratio 1:3:1) in MeOH gave dimethylammonium fac-tris[benzohydroximato(2-)]silicate-methanol (fac-6.MeOH) and ethane-1,2-diammonium mer-tris[benzohydroximato(2-)]silicate-dimethanol (mer-9.2MeOH), respectively. Reaction of Ge(OMe)(4) with benzohydroxamic acid and HNMe(2) (molar ratio 1:3:2) in MeOH resulted in the formation of dimethylammonium fac-tris[benzohydroximato(2-)]germanate-methanol (fac-7.MeOH). Single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies showed that the Si(Ge)-coordination polyhedra of the racemic hexacoordinate silicon (germanium) compounds fac-5, fac-6.MeOH, fac-7.MeOH, fac-8, and mer-9.2MeOH are distorted octahedra. All compounds were additionally characterized by solid-state VACP/MAS NMR studies ((13)C, (15)N, (29)Si). The structural investigations were complemented by computational studies of the dianions of fac-5 and mer-5.