ISSN:
0947-6539
Keywords:
ab initio calculations
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silaguanidinium cations
;
silylium cations
;
Chemistry
;
General Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Quantium mechanical calculations at the MP2/6-31 G(d) level are reported for the silaguanidinium cation Si(NH2)3+ (1) and derivatives thereof. The equilibrium structure 1a has D3 symmetry with planar amino groups rotated out of the SiN3 plane by 19.60. The Si-N bond length of 1 a (1.658 Å) is intermediate between a single and a double bond. Isodesmic reactions show that the stabilization of the silylium cation 1 a by the amino groups (63.5 kcal mol-1) is about 40% of the resonance stabilization of the guanidinium cation (159.3 kcal mol-1), but 1 a is clearly better stabilized than alkyl-substituted silylium cations. The electronic stabilization of 1 a by the amino groups is also made obvious by the calculated complexation energy with one molecule of water. The calculated stabilization through complexation of water at HF/6- 31 G(d) is markedly lower for Si(NH2)3-(H2O)+ (6) (28.8 kcal mol-1) than for SiMe3(H2O)+ (40.6 kcal mol-1). The tris(dimethylamino) silylium cation Si(N-Me2)3+ (8) is even more stable than 1 a. The complexation energy of Si(NMe2)3-(H2O)+ (10) is only 17.3 kcal mol-1. IGLO calculations of the 29Si N M R chemical shifts predict that 1 a and 8 should not show the same extremely low shielding that is calculated for alkyl-sub-stituted silylium ions. The calculated 29Si resonances for 8 are in reasonable agreement with the experimental N M R spectrum of (Me2N)3 SiB(C6F5)4. AM 1 calculations predict that the substituted tripyrrolidino silylium cation 12 would be an even better candidate for a stable tricoordinate silylium cation in condensed phases. One of the pyrrolidine rings of 12 has tert-butyl groups in the 2 and 5 positions, which serve as a steric fence around the silicon atom.
Additional Material:
3 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.1460020717
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