Synthesis of Silolide Dianions via Reduction of Dichlorosiloles: Important Role of the Solvent

Szathmári, Balázs and Fekete, Csaba and Kelemen, Zsolt and Holczbauer, Tamás and Nyulászi, László and Kovács, Ilona (2023) Synthesis of Silolide Dianions via Reduction of Dichlorosiloles: Important Role of the Solvent. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY. ISSN 1434-1948 (In Press)

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Abstract

The reduction of 1,1-dichloro-2,5-bistrimethylsilyl-3,4-diphenylsilole to silolide dianion by alkali metals was investigated. As previously demonstrated, the outcome of the reaction depends strongly on the applied alkali metal, solvent, reaction conditions, and substituent pattern. We showed that lithium is a powerful reducing agent in THF or DME solvents, the reaction is even faster than the same reaction with sodium. The X-ray structures of the corresponding dilithio and disodium silolide dianion were investigated, interestingly recrystallization of the dilithio salt results in a coordination polymer. In order to support the synthetic work DFT calculations were performed.

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