Synthesis,structure, and stereochemical non-rigidity of bis[(2,2-dimethyl-4-oxo-2H-benzo[e][1,3]oxazin-3(4H)-yl)methyl] dichlorosilane and -germane

Bis[(2,2-dimethyl-4-oxo-2H-benzo[e][1,3]oxazin-3(4H)-yl)methyl]dichlorosilane (1) and -germane (2) were synthesized by the reaction of 2,2-dimethyl-3-(trimethylsilyl)-2H-benzo[e][1,3]oxazin-3(4H)-one with bis(chloromethyl)dichlorosilane and -germane, respectively, taken in a ratio of 2 : 1. The structures of these compounds were determined and their stereodynamic behavior in solution was studied by multinuclear (¹H, ¹³C, and ²⁹Si) and twodimensional (¹H, ¹³C COSY, HETCOR) NMR spectroscopy. The ²⁹Si NMR spectroscopic study of a solution of complex 1 provides evidence that the silicon atom in this complex is pentacoordinate. The X-ray diffraction study showed that the germanium atom in complex 2 in the solid state is hexacoordinate. The permutation isomerization in the coordination units of complexes 1 and 2 was found and investigated by dynamic ¹H NMR spectroscopy. Different mechanisms of stereodynamic transformations are suggested and discussed.