A new approach to the synthesis of cage-like metallasiloxanes

• Published in: Journal of organometallic chemistry Vol. 571; no. 1; pp. 31 - 36
• Main Authors: Molodtsova, Yu.A., Pozdniakova, Yu.A., Lyssenko, K.A., Blagodatskikh, I.V., Katsoulis, D.E., Shchegolikhina, O.I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 30-11-1998
• Subjects: Alkoxysilanes trimethylsilylation; Cage-like metallasiloxanes; X-ray single structure analysis; Cage-like metallasiloxanes; X-ray single structure analysis; Alkoxysilanes trimethylsilylation
• ISSN: 0022-328X; 1872-8561
• DOI: 10.1016/S0022-328X(98)00825-0

A new approach to the synthesis of cage-like metallasiloxanes has been proposed. Copper-containing metallasiloxanes {Na
4[(RSiO
2)
12Cu
4](R′OH)
n
} (
1a, R=Ph, R′=
n-Bu;
1b, R=Ph, R′=Me;
2, R=Vi, R′=Me) were prepared from PhSi(OR)
3·(R=
n-Bu, Me) and ViSi(OMe)
3, respectively. Compound
2 was characterized by X-ray single structure analysis. The structures of compounds
1a,
b were deduced by their follow up reactions with Me
3SiCl.