Chemistry of zwitterionic penta-coordinate silicon compounds of the (ammoniomethyl)bis[glycolato(2–)-O1,O2]silicate type in aqueous and nonaqueous solution

Abstract

The zwitterionic spirocyclic λ5Si-silicates bis[glycolato(2–)-O1,O2][(trimethylammonio)methyl]silicate ([OCH2C(O)O]2SiCH2NMe3, 3) and bis[2-methyllactato(2–)-O1,O2][(trimethylammonio)methyl]silicate ([OCMe2C(O)O]2SiCH2NMe3, 4) were synthesized by treatment of the zwitterionic λ5Si-silicate F4SiCH2NMe3 with 2 mol. equiv. of Me3SiOCR2C(O)OSiMe3 (R = H, Me) (formation of 4 mol. equiv. of Me3SiF). Compounds 3 (isolated as 3•2/3MeCN after drying in vacuo) and 4 were studied by solution 1H, 13C, and 29Si NMR spectroscopy and by solid-state VACP/MAS 13C, 15N, and 29Si NMR experiments, and the solvates 3•MeCN and 4•2MeCN were structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. These experimental investigations were complemented by computational studies of the zwitterions 3 and 4 and the anionic model species bis[2-methyllactato(2–)-O1,O2]hydridosilicate(1–) ([OCMe2C(O)O]2SiH–, 8). Compounds 3•2/3MeCN and 4 and their already known derivatives [OCH2C(O)O]2SiCH2NMe2H (1) and [OCMe2C(O)O]2SiCH2NMe2H (2) were studied for their dynamic behavior (Λ/Δ-enantiomerization) in solution by VT 1H NMR spectroscopy. In addition, compounds 1, 2, 3•2/3MeCN, and 4 were studied in CD3OD and D2O with 1H, 13C, and 29Si NMR experiments.Key words: penta-coordinate silicon, zwitterionic λ5Si-silicates, Λ/Δ-enantiomerism, NMR spectroscopy, computational chemistry.