Journal of Inorganic and General Chemistry
DOI: 10.1002/zaac.202100031 SHORT COMMUNICATION
Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie
Influence Of Lithium Coordinating Additives On The
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Dedicated to Prof. Christoph Janiak on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday.
The synthesis and structural investigation of two dimeth-
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dimethyphenylsilylllithium in the solid state and in solution.
ylphenylsilyllithium adducts with coordinating nitrogen donors
quinuclidine and 1,3,5-tri-tert-butylhexahydro-1,3,5-triazine
However, as (À )-sparteine is a comparably large ligand, steric
effects are assumed to be responsible for observations concern-
ing the structural features of these adducts such as bond length
and -angles. Another work by Daeschlein et al. showed the
crystal structure of the pmdta adduct of phenyldimeth-
ylsilyllithium and a bending of the silicon-bound phenyl
group , which is observed for a multitude of anionic silicon
species in the literature, even for heavier alkali metals. The
influence of cation complexing donors was further illustrated
(tbtac) are presented. The structures show a comparatively long
SiÀ Li distance and one amongst the shortest in monomeric
silyllithiums reported so far, respectively. The structural inves-
tigations shed light on the influence of the donating additive
for the lithium center on the structure of silyllithium com-
pounds.
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by Leich et al. and Schuhknecht et al. They reported on the
Introduction
hydrogenolysis of a series of alkali metal silanides Ph SiM
3
(
M=LiÀ Cs). Interestingly, only adducts with the nitrogen donor
Dimethylphenyllithiosilane and other simple organosilylanions
are known for many years and get frequently used in organic
synthesis for silylation reactions, as precursors for silyl cuprates
bases tris-[2-(dimethylamino)-ethyl]-amine (Me TREN) for potas-
6
sium and 1,4,7,10-tetramethyl-1,4,7,10-tetraaminocyclodode-
cane (Me TACD) for LiÀ Cs showed a reactivity against H ,
4
2
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or silyl-Grignard reagents, to name a few. However, consider-
ing the strong structure-reactivity relationship of homologous
whereas other adducts with pmdta, crown ethers or simple thf
solvates of silyl potassium did not show any reactivity in the
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alkyl lithiums , the structural investigations of simple lithiosi-
investigated reactions. According observations were reported
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lanes are comparably scarce.
by Lerner et al. as they found a correlation between the Si-
Recent work by Coates et al. and Sheldon et al. has shown
the synthetic potential of dimethylphenyllithiosilane and other
silanides in defluoro-silylation reactions of industrially relevant
fluoroolefins and other fluorocarbons. In their investigations,
the coordination sphere around the lithium center turned out
to be a crucial factor for the reactivity of such type of
NMR shift of tBu PhSiM (M=alkali metal) and the donor abilities
2
of the used solvent, which influences the aggregation behavior
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of such compounds. This clearly illustrates the importance of
choosing the correct donor base for cation complexation in
alkali metal silanides. Therefore, in this work we report the
synthesis and structural investigation of two different dimeth-
ylphenyllithiosilane adducts with nitrogen donor bases for the
lithium center, focusing on the influence on the structure by
the different donor abilities of the nitrogen additive.
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compounds.
The
simple
thf
adduct
of
dimeth-
ylphenyllithiosilane showed a different reactivity than its
adducts with nitrogen donors such as bis(2-dimethyl-
aminoethyl)methylamine (pmdta) or N,N,N’,N’-tetrameth-
ylethane-1,2-diamine (tmeda). Daeschlein et al. reported struc-
tural
investigations
for
(À )-sparteine
adducts of Results and Discussion
In order to elucidate the influence of the coordination sphere
around the lithium center, we synthesized two dimethyl-
phenyl-lithiosilanes under application of different nitrogen
donors for the cation. Lithiosilanes 3 and 4 are easily accessible
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a] M. Achternbosch, L. Brieger, Prof. Dr. C. Strohmann
Fakultät für Chemie und Chemische Biologie
Technische Universität Dortmund
Otto-Hahn-Str. 6, 44227 Dortmund
E-mail: carsten.strohmann@tu-dortmund.de
by
reduction
of
commercially
available
dimeth-
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ylphenylchlorosilane 1 with lithium metal in thf and subse-
quent replacement of solvating thf molecules in 2 by the
appropriate nitrogen donor bases (Scheme 1).
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In our case we chose quinuclidine and 1,3,5-tri-tert-
butylhexahydro-1,3,5-triazine (tbtac) as suitable additives, as
they are differing in their donor abilities. Lithiosilane 3
crystallizes from n-pentane at À 80°C as orange plates in space
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