Spectroscopic study of germanium-containing compounds

Conclusions The values of C=0 in the IR spectra and the position of the band from the n ^* electronic transition in the UV spectra of the amides R¹CONR²R³ vary linearly with the inductive effect of the R¹ substituent (for R²=R³=H, Alk). This may indicate the absence of the intramolecular coordination Ge 0, where or. The substituent R¹=Ge(C₂H₅)₂ exhibits electron-acceptor properties besides a +I-effect.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 349–352, February, 1984.     

Branched Star-Type Polysilyllithium Compounds: The Effects of beta-Silyl Substitution and of Complexation on Their Molecular Structure

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Polysilyl radicals: EPR study of the formation and decomposition of star polysilanes

Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy was fruitfully used for studying the formation and the reactions of the star polysilane radical (Me₃SiMe₂Si)₃Si (1).1, which was successfully generated both thermally and photochemically from a variety of precursors, was found to be significantly more stable kinetically than the (Me₃Si)₃Si radical. Thus, (Me₃SiMe₂Si)₃Si^⋅ has a half-life time of ca. 6 min at 20°C, while (Me₃Si)₃Si^⋅ can be observed only at −25°C. Density-functional quantum-mechanical calculations show that1 and (Me₃Si)₃Si^⋅ have the same thermodynamic stability. The high kinetic stability of1 is attributed to its backfold “umbrella”-type conformation where the β-silyl groups point “inwards” towards the radical center. This conformation protects the radical center of1 from dimerization and other reactions. The EPR spectrum of1 and in particular the Si α-hyperfine coupling constant of 5.99 mT shows that1 is less pyramidal than (Me₃Si)₃Si^⋅ but is more pyramidal than (i-Pr₃Si)₃Si^⋅, with an estimated SiSiSi bond angle around the radical center of 118∘. Photolysis and thermolysis of [(Me₃SiMe₂Si)₃Si]₂ also involves the intermediacy of1. Photolysis of [(Me₃SiMe₂Si)₃Si]₂ leads to (Me₃SiMe₂Si)₄Si, while thermolysis produced the less strained isomer of 1, (Me₃SiMe₂Si)₃SiSi-Me₂Si(Me₃SiMe₂Si)₂SiMe₃. In this study we provide the first direct evidence that silyl radicals are involved as intermediates in the reactions of silanes with di(tert-butyl)mercury.     

Synthesis by Si-H bond lithiation of novel half-pincer and pincer silyllithium compounds and their molecular structures

Structural Chemistry - The synthesis and the X-ray structural analysis of novel pincer and half-pincer silyllithiums: Ar2 (N)(tBu2MeSi)SiLi (Ar(N) = o-dimethylbenzylamine) (2a),...     

First example of a lithium ketyl stable in hydrocarbons

Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, p. 1453, June, 1989.     

Reactions of dialkylamides of trimethylsilylpropiolic acid with triethylgermyllithium

Conclusions The reaction of Et₃GeLi with N,N-dialkylamides of trimethylsilylpropiolic acid led under conditions of kinetic control to triethyl(trimethylsilylpropiolyl)germane and under conditions of thermodynamic control to the corresponding amide of triethylgermylcarboxylic acid.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1897–1898, August, 1984.