Highly Selective Substitution and Insertion Reactions of Silylenes in a Metal-Coordinated Polyphosphide

  • Ravi Yadav
  • , Thomas Simler
  • , Stephan Reichl
  • , Bhupendra Goswami
  • , Christoph Schoo
  • , Ralf Köppe
  • , Manfred Scheer
  • , Peter W. Roesky

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Abstract

Selective substitution and insertion reactions of silylenes into the cyclo-P5 ring of [Cp∗Fe(ν5-P5)] are reported. The selective substitution of one P atom by an isoelectronic [LSi] fragment (L = PhC(NtBu)2) leads to [(ν4-P4SiL)FeCp∗] and [LSi(Cl)=P-SiL(Cl)2]. To elucidate the reaction mechanism, [{LSi(N(SiMe3)2)}{(ν4-P5)FeCp∗}], in which the silicon atom binds to the cyclo-P5 ring, was synthesized as a model compound for the reaction intermediate. The insertion of [LSi-SiL] into the cyclo-P5 ring of [Cp∗Fe(ν5-P5)] resulted in [{ν4-P5(SiL)2}FeCp∗] featuring a cyclo-P5(SiL)2 ring, which corresponds to the largest silicon-polyphosphorus ring known in a complex.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1190-1195
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume142
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Jan 2020
Externally publishedYes

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