Properties and Reactions of Organosilanes and Organogermanes Containing the Potentially Bidentate (X(CH2)n)2N-Group

Heather D. Harle, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster
Sela Han, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster
Claude H. Yoder, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster
Charles D. Schaeffer, Elizabethtown College
Paula L. Falen, Elizabethtown College
Brian J. Frost, Elizabethtown College
Sharon R. Hatalla, Elizabethtown College
Stephanie D. Kerstetter, Elizabethtown College
Jennifer K. Redline, Elizabethtown College
Samantha L. Uliana, Elizabethtown College
Lisa L. Walton, Elizabethtown College

Abstract

Compounds in the series R SiN[(CH ) X] (R = (CH ) H, (CH ) Cl, and CH ClH), R Si[N((CH ) X) ] (R = (CH ) , C H H, and C H Cl), R GeN(CH X) (R = (CH ) Cl and (C H ) Cl), and Cl Sn[N-((CH ) X) ] , for X = N(CH ) , n = 3; and OCH , n = 2, have been prepared and characterized by H, C and Si NMR spectroscopy, and by elemental analyses. For all the compounds studied, the terminal N(CH ) and OCH groups appear not to coordinate to the central atom. The product C H Si{N[(CH ) OCH ] } B[3,5-(CF3)2C6H3]4, obtained from a reaction between C H HSi{N[(CH ) OCH ] } and (C H ) CB[3,5- (CF ) C H ] , should contain a silylium ion, but because of the suspected presence of a small quantity of silyl radical, has thus far eluded definitive characterization. 3 2 n 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 n 2 2 3 2 6 5 6 5 3 2 2 3 2 6 5 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 6 5 2 2 3 2 2 6 5 2 2 3 2 2 6 5 3 3 2 6 3 4 1 13 29