Stable cyclic silenes from reaction of disilenides with carboxylic acid chlorides
Stable cyclic silenes from reaction of disilenides with carboxylic acid chlorides
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.200700067
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发表时间:
2007-01-01
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16.6
通讯作者:
Scheschkewitz, David
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作者:
Bejan, Iulia;Gueclue, Denis;Scheschkewitz, David
Since first evidenced as intermediates by Gusel nikow and Flowers 40 years ago,[1] silenes, that is, compounds with Si= C bonds, have attracted continuous interest.[2] The stable silene 1 (Scheme 1) reported by Brook et al. gave further impetus to the field.[3] Its unexpectedly long Si= C bond prompted an intense discussion, which was resolved by calculations.[4] The term “reversed polarity” was coined: the π-donating siloxy group in 1 reduces the polarity of the Si= C bond significantly, thereby enhancing its stability and increasing the bond length. Shortly thereafter Wiberg et al. reported silene 2, which is free of π-donating substituents and accordingly exhibited the expected shorter Si= C bond.[5] Other isolable donor-free silenes were subsequently reported by the groups of Apeloig and Kira.[6] Recent studies by Ottosson et al. focusing on silenolate 3 and other silenes bearing substituents with stronger π-donating ability than that of the siloxy group in 1 revealed a decreasing bond order for Si= C accompanied by increased pyramidalization of the silicon center.[7] Silenes of type 1 had been prepared by thermal and photochemical rearrangement of suitable acyl silanes, easily accessible from reactions of acid chlorides with silyl anions.[8] In the last years a few disilenides, that is, disila analogues of vinyl anions became available by efforts of both of our groups.[9] In light of a number of successful applications of 4a as an unsaturated, nucleophilic reagent,[10] we attempted the preparation of acyl disilenes by reaction of 4 a, b (Scheme 2) with acid chlorides.In reactions of 4a with 1-adamantoyl and pivaloyl chloride, however, the expected (and likely intermediate) acyl disilenes 5a, b were not detected even at 193 K. This instability is in marked contrast to the carbon analogues, α, βunsaturated ketones. Instead, the four-membered cyclic silenes 6a, b were formed quantitatively as indicated by NMR and UV/Vis spectroscopic data (Scheme2, see the Supporting information).[11] The reaction of disilenides with acid chlorides turns out to be quite general. Thus, 4b readily reacts with 1-adamantoyl chloride to yield the cyclic silene derivative 6c. 29Si NMR spectroscopy reveals almost identical chemical shifts for the tri-and the tetracoordinated silicon nuclei of both 6a and 6b. Curiously, in the case of 6a the signal at higher field (d= 17.5 ppm) is assigned to the Si atom of the double bond. It is considerably shielded compared to the corresponding signal of 1 (d= 41.4 ppm).[3c, 12] The ring carbon atoms exhibit chemical shifts (6a: d= 213.4 ppm, 6b: d= 214.6 ppm) that are very similar to that found for 1 (d= 214.2 ppm [3c]). The Si–C coupling of the double bond in 6b is distinctly smaller than that in 1 (6b: 1J (C, Si)= 67.3 Hz), 1: 1J (C, Si)= 84.4 Hz [3c]). These observations can be rationalized by the increase in p character of the endocyclic bonds due to ring strain. As a consequence the orbitals hosting the remaining electron density at silicon should get higher