title: Reaction of the stable silylene Si[(NCH2But)2C6H4-1,2] with lithium amides.
abstract: The thermally stable silylene Si[(NCH2But)2C6H4-1,2] 1 undergoes oxidative addition reactions with the lithium amides LiNRR'(R = SiMe3, R' = But; R = SiMe3, R' = C6H3Me2-2,6; R = R' = Me or R = R' = Pri) to afford the new lithium amides Li(THF)2[N(R)Si(SiMe3){(NCH2But)2C6H4-1,2}][R = But2 or R = C6H3Me2-2,6 (3a)] or the new tris(amino)functionalised silyllithiums Li(THF)x[Si{(NCH2But)2C6H4-1,2}NRR'][R = SiMe3, R' = C6H3Me2-2,6, x = 2 (3); R = R'= Me, x = 3 (4) or R = R' = Pri, x = 3 (5)]. Compounds 4 and 5 are stable at ambient temperature but compound 3 is thermally labile and converts into 3a upon heating. The pathway for the formation of 2 and 3 is discussed and the X-ray structures of 2-5 are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK BN1 9QJ. b.gehrhus@sussex.ac.uk
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gehrhus
authors.forename: Peter B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Hitchcock
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parruci
mesh_terms: D000577:Amides / Q000737:chemistry*; D008094:Lithium / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D017646:Organosilicon Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000577:Amides; D017646:Organosilicon Compounds; D008094:Lithium