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A Generic One‐Pot Route to Acyclic Two‐Coordinate Silylenes from Silicon(IV) Precursors: Synthesis and Structural Characterization of a Silylsilylene
Author(s) -
Protchenko Andrey V.,
Schwarz Andrew D.,
Blake Matthew P.,
Jones Cameron,
Kaltsoyannis Nikolas,
Mountford Philip,
Aldridge Simon
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201208554
Subject(s) - silicon , alkali metal , characterization (materials science) , chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , materials science , nanotechnology
Si in sight : A one‐pot, single‐step synthesis of an acyclic silylsilylene, Si{Si(SiMe 3 ) 3 }{N(SiMe 3 )Dipp} (Dipp=2,6‐ i Pr 2 C 6 H 3 ), from a silicon(IV) starting material is reported, together with evidence for a mechanism involving alkali metal silylenoid intermediates.