A base-stabilized silylene with a tricoordinate silicon atom as a ligand for a metal complex.
Treatment of base stabilized silylene [PhC(NtBu)(2)]SiOtBu (1) with a tricoordinate silicon atom and diiron nonacarbonyl [Fe(2)(CO)(9)] in tetrahydrofuran led to the formation of {[PhC(NtBu)(2)]SiOtBu}Fe(CO)(4) (2), the first stable metal complex derived from a base-stabilized tricoordinate silylene ligand. The solid-state structure and bonding situation of 2 were investigated with single-crystal X-ray diffraction and quantum chemical calculations.
Yang
Wei
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School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province 214122, People's Republic of China.
Fu
Hao
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Wang
Haijun
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Chen
Mingqing
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Ding
Yuqiang
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Roesky
Herbert W
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Jana
Anukul
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