Volume 47, Number 5, 967-978, DOI: 10.1007/BF02498170

Synthesis and crystal and molecular structures of cation-anionic complexes of five-coordinate silicon-containing disiloxane dications with lactamomethyl andN-methylacetamidomethyl C,O-chelating ligands

Yu. E. Ovchinnikov, S. A. Pogozhikh, I. V. Razumovskaya, A. G. Shipov, E. P. Kramarova, S. Yu. Bylikin, Vad V. Negrebetsky and Yu. I. Baukov

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Abstract

The reactions of bis(chloromethyl)dichlorosilane withN-trimethylsilyl lactams andN-trimethylsilyl-N-methylacetamide taken in a ratio of 1∶2 followed either by treatment with HgCl2 in the presence of atmospheric moisture or by hydrolysis under a wet atmosphere afforded cation-anionic complexes, which contain disiloxane dications of the general formula [L2SiOSiL2]2+ (L is the lactamomethyl orN-methylacetamidomethyl bidentate ligand) and hexachlorodimercurate, tetrachloromercurate, and hydroxonium trichloride counter-ions, respectively. X-ray diffraction analysis demonstrated that the disiloxane dications in these complexes contain two five-coordinate Si atoms and occur as silicenium ions stabilized through two O→Si coordination bonds. In the case of lactamomethyl ligands, the disiloxane dications exist as diastereomers whose bischelate ligands adopt opposite configurations, whereas whenN-methylacetamidomethyl ligands are present, the bischelate ligands adopt identical configurations. The first example of the presence of a hydroxonium trichloride ion as a counter-ion in the crystal has been found. It consists of the hydroxonium cation, which holds three Cl anions through strong hydrogen bonds.

Key words  silicenium ions - five-coordinate silicon - cation-anionic complexes - X-ray diffraction analysis - quantum-chemical calculations - MNDO/PM3 method

Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 997–1007, May, 1998

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