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Inorganic Bi(cyclopentasilanyls): Synthesis and Spectroscopic Characterization
Stueger, Harald,Lassacher, Paul,Hengge, Edwin
, (2008/10/08)
Nonachloro- or nonabromocyclopentasilane, which are accessible from nonaphenylcyclopentasilane with HX/AlX3 (X=Cl, Br), easily can be converted to the bicyclic oligosilanes bi(nonachlorocyclopentasilanyl) (7) and bi(nonabromocyclopentasilanyl) (8) upon treatment with (t-Bu)2Hg. The phenylderivative bi(nonaphenylcycopentasilanyl) (6) can be synthesized from bromononaphenylcyclopentasilanyl) with naphthyllithium. The reaction of 6with HX/AlX3 again affords 7 or 8. When 7 or 8 are reacted with LiAlH4, about 15% of cyclopentasilane are obtained along with the expected prod uct bi(cyclopentasilanyl), what demonstrates the remarkable sensitivity of the central Si-Si bond in 7 and 8 towards nucleophilic attack. A smaller binding energy of the central Si-Si bond in 7 and 9, however, cannotbe deduced from mass spectroscopic studies.