A stable 1,2-disilacyclohexene and its 14-electron palladium(0) complex

J Am Chem Soc. 2010 Apr 14;132(14):5008-9. doi: 10.1021/ja101654b.

Abstract

A novel stable cyclic disilene, 1,2-diphenyl-3,3,6,6-tetrakis(trimethylsilyl)-1,2-disilacyclohexene (1), was synthesized via the reaction of the corresponding 1,4-dilithiobutane with phenylchlorosilane. This new strategy would be applicable to the synthesis of stable cyclic disilenes having rather small residual substituents on unsaturated silicon atoms. A stable tricoordinate Y-shaped disilene palladium complex, 2, that was synthesized by the reaction of 1 with bis(tricyclohexylphosphine)palladium was found to have the strongest pi-complex character among known disilene palladium complexes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Electrons*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemical synthesis
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemistry*
  • Organosilicon Compounds / chemistry*
  • Palladium / chemistry*

Substances

  • 1,2-disilacyclohexene
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Organosilicon Compounds
  • Palladium