Über das Silaethen tBu2SiC(SiMe3)2 und die Struktur sowie Reaktivität seines [4 + 2]‐Cycloaddukts mit Ph2CO

Abstract

On the Silaethene tBu2Si=C(SiMe3)2, and the Structure and Reactivity of Its [4 + 2] Cycloadduct with Ph2C=OFrom tBu2SiFCLi(SiMe3)2 by LiF elimination only Me2Si= C(SiMe3)(SiMetBu2) (1b) instead of tBu2Si=C(SiMe3)2 (1a) is isolated. With benzophenone, silaethene 1b (from its THF adduct 1b · THF) forms at –78 °C a yellow [4 + 2] cycloadduct (5) and a colorless [2 + 2] cycloadduct (6). With increasing temperature 5 transforms into 6, and 6 transforms –more slowly – into the yellow [4 + 2] cycloadduct (7) of 1a and Ph2CO. It follows from this that the migration equilibrium 1a ⇄ 1b really exists. The structure of 7 shows a planar OCPhC6H5–framework with the cycloadded atoms Si and C from –tBu2SiC(SiMe3)2– located above the plane. The =C6H5C bond (1.62 Å) is exceptionally long. 7 is a source for 1a which is trapped by acetone (formation of an ene product) and by benzaldehyde [formation of a [2 + 2] cycloadduct, unstable against cycloreversion into PhHC=C(SiMe3)2 and tBu2SiO‐containing substances]. Reaction of 7 with trimethylsilyl azide, less reactive than acetone or benzaldehyde, leads – by way of 1a which transforms into 1b – to a trapping product of 1b (formation of a [3 + 2] cycloadduct, unstable against transformation into (RMe2Si)(Me3Si)CN2 with R = (Me3Si)2N, or cycloreversion into (tBu2MeSi)(Me3Si)CN2 and Me2SiNSiMe3‐containing substances). Reaction of 1b or 1b · THF with acetone leads only to an ene reaction product of 1b. This means, that only undetectable amounts of 1a or 1a · THF are in equilibrium with 1b or 1b · THF. A minor substance which is shown by NMR at low temperatures besides 1b or 1b · THF is interpreted as a rotamer of 1b or 1b · THF.