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A New and Easy Route to Polysilanylpotassium Compounds
Author(s) -
Marschner Christoph
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
european journal of inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1099-0682
pISSN - 1434-1948
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0682(199802)1998:2<221::aid-ejic221>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - chemistry , trimethylsilyl , ether , primary (astronomy) , mercury (programming language) , potassium , molecule , combinatorial chemistry , bond cleavage , organic chemistry , catalysis , physics , astronomy , computer science , programming language
A method is presented for the synthesis of tertiary, secondary, and primary polysilylpotassium compounds. Reaction of potassium tert ‐butoxide, in either DME or THF, with a suitable precursor molecule, proceeds by cleavage of a trimethylsilyl− polysilanyl bond, and formation of trimethylsilyl tert ‐butyl ether and a polysilanylpotassium compound. This route allows easy and flexible access to a number of novel polysilanylpotassium compounds, avoiding the hitherto common use of poisonous mercury compounds.