Volume 52, Issue 39 pp. 10313-10315
Communication

Synthesis of a Silylium Zwitterion

Rodrigo Ramírez-Contreras

Rodrigo Ramírez-Contreras

Department of Chemistry, Texas A& M University, TAMU-3255, College Station, TX 77842 (USA) http://www.chem.tamu.edu/rgroup/ozerov/

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Dr. Nattamai Bhuvanesh

Dr. Nattamai Bhuvanesh

Department of Chemistry, Texas A& M University, TAMU-3255, College Station, TX 77842 (USA) http://www.chem.tamu.edu/rgroup/ozerov/

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Dr. Jia Zhou

Dr. Jia Zhou

Department of Chemistry, Texas A& M University, TAMU-3255, College Station, TX 77842 (USA) http://www.chem.tamu.edu/rgroup/ozerov/

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Prof. Oleg V. Ozerov

Corresponding Author

Prof. Oleg V. Ozerov

Department of Chemistry, Texas A& M University, TAMU-3255, College Station, TX 77842 (USA) http://www.chem.tamu.edu/rgroup/ozerov/

Department of Chemistry, Texas A& M University, TAMU-3255, College Station, TX 77842 (USA) http://www.chem.tamu.edu/rgroup/ozerov/Search for more papers by this author
First published: 08 August 2013
Citations: 29

We are thankful for the support of this research by the Office of Science of the US Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences (grant DE-FG02-10ER16201) and the Welch Foundation (grant A-1717).

Graphical Abstract

A zwitterionic construction has been synthesized that covalently links a trialkylsilylium cation and a weakly coordinating carborane anion in one neutral molecule (see X-ray structure; Si green, C gray, B orange, Cl red). The silylium character of this molecule is supported by DFT calculations (see LUMO), 29Si CP/MAS NMR spectroscopy, and reactivity.

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