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for C64H128Fe4N8O6Si8 (1407.44): C 49.47, H 8.30, N 7.21; found:
C 47.7, H 8.0, N 6.2.
2: [Fe{N(SiMe3)2}3] (2.3 g, 4.28 mmol) in hexane (25 mL) was
slowly added to a suspension of silanetriol (1.4g, 4.28 mmol) in the
same solvent (40 mL). After the addition was complete, the reaction
mixture was stirred for 72 h at room temperature. The green solution
slowly turned to greenish brown. The solvents and hexamethyldisi-
lazane were removed in vacuo to give a brownish-green product. This
was recrystallized from a mixture of toluene and THF (1:0.05) in the
presence of PMe3 as the auxiliary coordinating ligand at room
temperature over a period of two weeks (0.29 g, 14%; it was observed
that the yield of compound 2 was improved to about 25% of single
crystals by the use of a mixture of hexane and THF (1:0.25) along with
PMe3 for crystallization); mp 242–2448C; ESIMS (CH3CN): m/z (%)
1750 (100) [M+ÀPMe3]; IR (nujol): n˜ = 1585, 1576, 1440, 1420, 1321,
1308, 1290, 1245, 1190, 1107, 1096, 1054, 1033, 967, 956, 923, 836, 800,
757, 749, 726, 682, 642, 613, 599, 549, 534, 489, 462, 434 cmÀ1
;
elemental analysis (%) calcd (toluene molecules were removed by
drying under vacuum) C72H140Fe4N4O12P4Si8 (1825.89): C 47.36,
H 7.73, N 3.07; found: C 46.68, H 7.17, N 3.24.
Received: January 13, 2004[Z53740]
Figure 2. Core structure of 2. The substituents on silanetriol and the
phosphane have been omitted for the sake of clarity. Selected bond
lengths [] and angles [8]: Fe(1)-O(1) 1.802(3), Fe(1)-O(3B) 1.829(3),
Fe(1)-O(2A) 1.831(3), Fe(1)-P(1) 2.468(1), Si(1)-O(1) 1.628(3), Si(1)-
O(2) 1.616(3), Si(1)-O(3) 1.612(3); Si(1)-O(1)-Fe(1) 147.60(19), O(1)-
Fe(1)-O(3B) 114.61(14), O(3)-Si(1)-O(2) 111.40(16), O(2)-Si(1)-O(1)
108.73(17).
Keywords: cage compounds · iron · N ligands · silicon ·
siloxanes
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Experimental Section
1: [Fe{N(SiMe3)2}2]·THF (3.5 g, 9.17 mmol) was slowly added to a
suspension of RSi(OH)3 (1) (1.5 g, 4.59 mmol) in THF/hexane
(10 mL, 40 mL) at room temperature. The solution turned from
green to dark brown. This solution was stirred for further 16 h at room
temperature.
A solution of N-heterocyclic carbene L (2 g,
11.47 mmol) in toluene (10 mL) was added and the stirring was
continued for one more day. The volatile components were removed
to obtain a brown solid. To this a mixture of toluene (10 mL) and THF
(1 mL) was added. Colorless crystals of 1 were obtained after several
days at 08C: (0.50 g, 13% of single crystals); mp > 2208C; IR (nujol):
n˜ = 1260, 1245, 1221, 1186, 1100, 1043, 1019, 983, 964, 945, 927, 885,
836, 820, 801, 752, 723, 680, 607, 567, 544, 491 cmÀ1; elemental analysis
(%) calcd (toluene molecules were removed by drying under vacuum)
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