Synthesis and functionalization of the six-vertex anionic amido-substituted silicon cluster [Si6{N(SiMe3)Ph}5]−

Abstract

The reaction of the six-vertex amido-substituted silicon cluster Si₆{N(SiMe₃)Ph}₆ 1 with two equiv. of KC₈ results in the abstraction of K{N(SiMe₃)Ph} and leads to the contact ion pair 2 including an anionic silicon cluster with two unsubstituted pyramidal vertices. Facile functionalization of 2 was achieved with MeI, SiCl₄ and SiBr₄ and results in neutral two-fold functionalized silicon clusters.