Electron Transfer and Modification of Oligosilanylsilatranes and Related Derivatives

Organometallics. 2017 Jan 23;36(2):342-351. doi: 10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00786. Epub 2016 Dec 20.

Abstract

Several silatranyl -substituted oligosilanes were prepared starting from bis(trimethylsilyl)silatranylsilanide. Electrochemical and theoretical investigations of some oligosilanes revealed that electrooxidation occurs by formation of a short-lived cation radical. This species undergoes structural relaxation to form a pair of conformers, with endo and exo relationships with respect to the Si-N interaction. Reaction of a 1,4-disilatranyl-1,4-disilanide with 1,2-dichlorotetramethyldisilane gave a mixture of cis and trans diastereomers of a cyclohexasilane with the trans isomer showing a diminished Si-N distance.