Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2014, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (11): 2341.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20140252

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Synthesis of η6-[Tris(trimethylsilyl)phenylsilane]tricarbonylchromium Complexes and Theoretical Studies on the Possible Interaction of Intermolecular Si—Si Bonds and Chromium Centers

LÜ Haoting, LIU Tingting, ZHANG Mingtao, LIU Jie, SUN Huailin*()   

  1. Department of Chemistry and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering,Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
  • Received:2014-03-24 Online:2014-11-10 Published:2014-10-15
  • Contact: SUN Huailin E-mail:sunhl@nankai.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    † Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.20834002), the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin, China(No.08JCZDJC21600) and the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education, China(No.20090031110012)

Abstract:

Intramolecular Si—Si bond activation by transition metals has been widely found in transition metal complexes with polysilanyl substituted η4- and η5-ligands, but such activation in η6-phenyl complexes keeps unknown. In this study, η6-[tris(trimethylsilyl)phenylsilane]tricarbonyl chromium complexes, η6-[(SiMe3)3SiC6H4R]Cr(CO)3(R=H, Me and MeO), were synthesized by reaction of tris(trimethylsilyl)phenylsilane, p-R(Me3Si)3SiC6H4 with hexacarbonylchromium in diethylene glycol dimethyl ether. The products were characterized by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, IR spectra and elemental analyses. The molecular structure of η6-[(SiMe3)3SiC6H4R]Cr(CO)3(R=H) was determined by the X-ray diffraction method. The possibility of the Si—Si bond activation by the intramolecular chromium center was examined experimentally. The results showed that the Si—Si bonds in the complexes were stable under thermal conditions. Density functional theory(DFT) calculation of possible Si—Si bond activation processes indicated that all the reaction interme-diates and transition states had such high energies that the Si—Si bonds were unable to be activated by the intramolecular chromium center. These results demonstrated that Si—Si bond activation should be difficult to take place in polysilanyl substituted η6-phenyl transition metal systems.

Key words: Silicon-silicon bond, Carbonylchromium, η6-Phenyl complex, X-Ray diffraction, Density functional theory(DFT) calculation

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