title: Dynamic complexation of copper(I) chloride by carbene-stabilized disilicon.
abstract: Reaction of N-heterocyclic-carbene (NHC)-stabilized disilicon (1) with CuCl gave a carbene-stabilized disilicon-copper(I) chloride complex (2). The nature of the structure and bonding in 2 has been investigated by crystallographic, spectroscopic, and computational methods. The dynamic complexation behavior of 2 was experimentally explored by variable-temperature NMR analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and the Center for Computational Chemistry, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2556 (USA).
authors.forename: Mingwei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yuzhong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yaoming
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Pingrong
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Gilliard
authors.forename: Nichole A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: Henry F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Schaefer
authors.forename: Paul von R
authors.initials: Pv
authors.lastname: Schleyer
authors.forename: Gregory H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Robinson
keywords: Lewis bases; carbenes; computational chemistry; copper; silicon