A Neutral Three‐Membered 2π Aromatic Disilaborirane and the Unique Conversion into a Four‐Membered BSi 2 N‐Ring

Abstract We report the design, synthesis, structure, bonding, and reaction of a neutral 2π aromatic three‐membered disilaborirane. The disilaborirane is synthesized by a facile one‐pot reductive dehalogenation of amidinato‐silylene chloride and dibromoarylborane with potassium graphite. Despite the...

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Published in:Angewandte Chemie 2020-12, Vol.132 (51), p.23215-23219
Main Authors: Sarkar, Samir Kumar, Chaliha, Rinkumoni, Siddiqui, Mujahuddin M., Banerjee, Samya, Münch, Annika, Herbst‐Irmer, Regine, Stalke, Dietmar, Jemmis, Eluvathingal D., Roesky, Herbert W.
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Summary:Abstract We report the design, synthesis, structure, bonding, and reaction of a neutral 2π aromatic three‐membered disilaborirane. The disilaborirane is synthesized by a facile one‐pot reductive dehalogenation of amidinato‐silylene chloride and dibromoarylborane with potassium graphite. Despite the tetravalent arrangement of atoms around silicon, the three‐membered silicon‐boron‐silicon ring is aromatic, as evidenced by NMR spectroscopy, nucleus independent chemical shift calculations, first‐principles electronic structure studies using density functional theory (DFT) and natural bond orbital (NBO) based bonding analysis. Trimethylsilylnitrene, generated in situ, inserts in the Si−Si bond of disilaborirane to obtain a four‐membered heterocycle 1‐aza‐2,3‐disila‐4‐boretidine derivative. Both the heterocycles are fully characterized by X‐ray crystallography.
ISSN:0044-8249
1521-3757
DOI:10.1002/ange.202009638