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Disupersilylmetals (tBu3Si)2M and supersilylmetal halides tBu3SiMX with M = Zn, Cd, Hg: Syntheses, properties, structures [1]
Wiberg,Amelunxen,Lerner,Noeth,Appel,Knizek,Polborn
, p. 1861 - 1870 (1997)
Disupersilylmetals (tBu3Si)2Zn (colorless), (tBu3Si)2Cd (light yellow), (tBu3Si)2Hg (light yellow), and supersilylmetal halides tBu3SiZnCl(THF) (colorless), tBu3SiCdI (colorless), tBu3SiHgCl (colorless) are obtained in THF by the action of tBu3SiNa on ZnCl2, CdI2, HgCl2 in the molar ratio 2:1 and 1:1, respectively. THF can be exchanged by TMEDA under formation of tBu3SiZnCl(TMEDA), and (tBu3Si)2Zn transforms by the action of BiCl3 or BBr3 into tBu3SiZnCl (colorless) and tBu3SiZnBr (colorless), respectively. As to X-ray crystal structure analyses, the compounds (tBu3Si)2M are monomeric with a linear SiMSi framework, whereas tBu3SiZnBr and tBu3SiHgCl are tetrameric, the former with a regular, the latter with a pronounced irregular cubic M4X4 framework. The compounds are thermal stable up to 200°C (exception (tBu3Si)2Cd), photolabile, and comparatively inert for water and oxygen. The disupersilylmetals work as sources of supersilyl radicals tBu3Si (on irradiation) and as mild supersilanidation agents (e.g. (tBu3Si)2Zn/ BBr3 → tBu3SiZnBr/tBu3SiBBr2), the supersilylmetal halides as Lewis acids (formation of tBu3SiMX · donor) and electrophiles (e.g. tBu3SiHgCl/RLi → tBu3SiHgR/LiCl).
