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Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.133, No.22, 8514-8517, 2011
Formation of a Donor-Stabilized Tetrasilacyclobutadiene Dication by a Lewis Acid Assisted Reaction of an N-Heterocyclic Chloro Silylene
The first donor-stabilized tetrasilacyclobutadiene dication species has been synthesized and fully characterized. Its unexpected formation occurs by the Lewis acid assisted reaction of the N-heterocyclic chloro silylene [L(Si:)Cl] (L = PhC(NtBu)(2); amidinate) with Cp*ZrCl(3) (Cp* = pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) in the molar ratio of 3:2. Remarkably, the four-membered Si(4) core consists of two N-donor stabilized silylium subunits and two silylene-like moieties. The dicationic charge is somewhat delocalized on the Si(4), core, which is supported by DFT calculations.