Issue 37, 2019

Synthesis, characterisation and electronic properties of naphthalene bridged disilanes

Abstract

Synthesis of naphthalene bridged disilanes 2R (R = Me, Ph) was performed via catalytic dehydrocoupling. Using RhCl(PPh3)3 as a catalyst, an intramolecular Si–Si bond was readily formed from the corresponding disilyl precursors 1R (R = Me, Ph). For catalytic reactions using (C6F5)3B(OH2), bridged siloxanes (3Ph and 3Me) were observed. Attempts to install the 1,8-naphthalene bridge directly onto a disilane resulted in an unusual product (4), containing two silicon centres bridged through one naphthyl group, and another naphthyl group attached to a single Si centre. In order for this product to form, both a Si to Si hydrogen shift rearrangement as well as Si–Si bond cleavage occurred. The effects of phenyl and methyl substitutions on the structure and electronic properties of the synthesised compounds was investigated by single crystal X-ray diffraction, as well as IR and multinuclear NMR spectroscopic analysis. In addition, theoretical UV-Vis absorption maxima were evaluated using density functional theory (TD-SCF) on a B3LYP/6-31(++)G** level of theory and compared with experimental UV-Vis spectroscopic data.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis, characterisation and electronic properties of naphthalene bridged disilanes

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
26 Maw 2019
Accepted
29 Mha 2019
First published
29 Mha 2019

Dalton Trans., 2019,48, 13971-13980

Synthesis, characterisation and electronic properties of naphthalene bridged disilanes

K. M. Rabanzo-Castillo, M. Hanif, T. Söhnel and E. M. Leitao, Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 13971 DOI: 10.1039/C9DT03058A

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