title: Hydrogen- and fluorine-bridged disilyl cations and their use in catalytic C-F activation.
abstract: The hydrogen-bridged disilyl cation 6 with an 1,8-naphthalenediyl backbone was synthesized and was characterized by NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography, supported by quantum mechanical computations. The SiHSi linkage is symmetrical, corresponding to a single minimum potential, and the structural parameters are in agreement with the presence of a two electron-three center bond in 6. Treatment of disilyl cation 6 with alkyl fluorides yields the disilylfluoronium ion 10. The SiFSi group in the disilyl fluoronium ion 10 is symmetrical with an average SiF bond length of 175.9(8) and a bent angle beta = 130 degrees . Both cations catalyze the hydrodefluorination reaction of alkyl and benzyl fluorides to give alkanes.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Reine und Angewandte Chemie der Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Carl von Ossietzky Str. 9-11 D-26129 Oldenburg, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Panisch
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bolte
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Müller