The Reactions of Carbon Monoxide with Silyl and Silenyl Lithium – Synthesis and Isolation of the First Stable Tetra-Silyl Di-Ketyl Biradical and 1-Silaallenolate Lithium

Yosi Kratish, Daniel Pinchuk, Alexander Kaushansky, Victoria Molev, Boris Tumanskii, Dmitry Bravo-Zhivotovskii, Yitzhak Apeloig

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Abstract

Reactions of carbon monoxide (CO) with tBu2MeSiLi and (E)-(tBu2MeSi)(tBuMe2Si)C=Si(SiMetBu2)Li⋅2 THF (4) were studied both experimentally and computationally. Reaction of tBu2MeSiLi with CO in hexane yields the first stable tetra-silyl di-ketyl biradical [(tBu2MeSi)2COLi].2 (3). Reaction of 4 with CO yields selectively and quantitatively the first reported 1-silaallenolate, (tBu2MeSi)(tBuMe2Si)C=C=Si(SiMetBu2)OLi⋅THF (5). Both 3 and 5 were characterized by X-ray crystallography and biradical 3 also by EPR spectroscopy. Silaallenolate 5 reacts with Me3SiCl to produce siloxy substituted 1-silaallene (tBu2MeSi)(tBuMe2Si)C=C=Si(SiMetBu2)OSiMe3. The reaction of 4 with CO provides a new route to 1-silaallenes. The mechanisms of the reactions of tBuMe2SiLi and of 4 with CO were studied by DFT calculations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)18849-18853
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume58
Issue number52
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Dec 2019

Keywords

  • 1-silaallenolate
  • EPR
  • ketyl radicals
  • silenyl lithium
  • silyl lithium

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Catalysis
  • General Chemistry

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