Abstract
The disilenyllithium, (t-Bu 2MeSi) 2Si=Si(SiMet-Bu 2)Li (2a), reacted with B-chloropinacolborane (pin)BCl, or B-chlorocatecholborane (cat)BCl in toluene to produce the corresponding boryl-substituted disilenes 3a and 3b, which were isolated as air-sensitive yellow crystals. X-ray crystallographic analysis of 3b showed a nearly planar geometry around the Si=Si bond lacking π-conjugation between the Si=Si bond and a vacant p orbital of boron.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1044-1045 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Chemistry Letters |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |