Wurtz-type Coupling Reaction of <i>Pseudo</i>-pentacoordinate Halodisilanes Using Magnesium: Enhanced Reactivity of the Silicon-Halogen Bond by Intramolecular Amine-coordination to Silicon

Abstract

Abstract A 2,3-bis(pseudo-pentacoordinate) tetrasilane was obtained by the reductive dimerization of 1-[8-(dimethylamino)-1-naphthyl]-1-chlorodisilane using magnesium, and also from the analogous 1-fluorodisilane using a mixture of magnesium and magnesium bromide.