Stabilization of elusive silicon oxides

Molecular SiO2 and other simple silicon oxides have remained elusive despite the indispensable use of silicon dioxide materials in advanced electronic devices. Owing to the great reactivity of silicon-oxygen double bonds, as well as the low oxidation state of silicon atoms, the chemistry of simple s...

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Published in:Nature chemistry 2015-06, Vol.7 (6), p.509-513
Main Authors: Wang, Yuzhong, Chen, Mingwei, Xie, Yaoming, Wei, Pingrong, Schaefer, 3rd, Henry F, Schleyer, Paul von R, Robinson, Gregory H
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Language:English
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Summary:Molecular SiO2 and other simple silicon oxides have remained elusive despite the indispensable use of silicon dioxide materials in advanced electronic devices. Owing to the great reactivity of silicon-oxygen double bonds, as well as the low oxidation state of silicon atoms, the chemistry of simple silicon oxides is essentially unknown. We now report that the soluble disilicon compound, L:Si=Si:L (where L: = :C{N(2,6-(i)Pr2C6H3)CH}2), can be directly oxidized by N2O and O2 to give the carbene-stabilized Si2O3 and Si2O4 moieties, respectively. The nature of the silicon oxide units in these compounds is probed by spectroscopic methods, complementary computations and single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
ISSN:1755-4330
1755-4349
DOI:10.1038/nchem.2234