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Conductive molecular silicon
Klausen, Rebekka S.,Widawsky, Jonathan R.,Steigerwald, Michael L.,Venkataraman, Latha,Nuckolls, Colin
supporting information; experimental part, p. 4541 - 4544 (2012/04/23)
Bulk silicon, the bedrock of information technology, consists of the deceptively simple electronic structure of just Si-Si σ bonds. Diamond has the same lattice structure as silicon, yet the two materials have dramatically different electronic properties. Here we report the specific synthesis and electrical characterization of a class of molecules, oligosilanes, that contain strongly interacting Si-Si σ bonds, the essential components of the bulk semiconductor. We used the scanning tunneling microscope-based break-junction technique to compare the single-molecule conductance of these oligosilanes to those of alkanes. We found that the molecular conductance decreases exponentially with increasing chain length with a decay constant β = 0.27 ± 0.01 A-1, comparable to that of a conjugated chain of C = C π bonds. This result demonstrates the profound implications of σ conjugation for the conductivity of silicon.
Selective synthesis of functional alkynylmono- and -trisilanes
Hoffmann, Florian,Wagler, Joerg,Roewer, Gerhard
experimental part, p. 1133 - 1142 (2010/06/20)
The selective synthesis of functional alkynylsllanes RC=C(SiMe 2)m,-X (m = 1, 3) was investigated. Monofunctionalization with or without protecting groups gave moderate to good yields of alkynyldimethylmonosilanes RC=CMe2SiX [R = Ph, X = Cl. (1), NEt 2 (2), OMe (3), H (4), Br (5), I (6), Cp (8), C5H 4Li (10), Ph (11); R = Pr, X = Ph (12)]. Compounds 4 and 8 were converted into the (alkyne)transition-metal complexes 4-Cp2Mo 2(CO)4 (13) and 8-Co2(CO)6 (14), respectively, which were characterized by X-ray diffraction. Stepwise extension and functionalization of the silane chain starting from 1chloro-2-(diethylamino) tetramethyldisilane (Et2NMe2Si-SiMe2Cl) yielded the trisilanes Ph-(SiMe2J3-X [X = NEt2 (18), OMe (19), Cl (20), H (21), C=CPh (22), C=CPr (23)]. The synthesized compounds were characterized by NMR and IR spectroscopy, 4, 11, 13, and 14 also by UV/Vis spectroscopy.
