Low-Temperature Isolation of a Labile Silylated Hydrazinium-yl Radical Cation, [(Me Si) N-N(H)SiMe ]

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Journal Chemistry

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2022 Apr 11

PMID 35404528

Authors

Fabian Reiss

Alexander Villinger

Harald Brand

Wolfgang Baumann

Dirk Hollmann

Axel Schulz

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Abstract

The oxidation of silylated hydrazine, (Me Si) N-N(H)SiMe , with silver salts led to the formation of a highly labile hydrazinium-yl radical cation, [(Me Si) N-N(H)SiMe ] , at very low temperatures (decomposition > -40 °C). EPR, NMR, DFT and Raman studies revealed the formation of a nitrogen-centered radical cation along the N-N unit of the hydrazine. In the presence of the weakly coordinating anion [Al{OCH(CF ) } ] , crystallization and structural characterization in the solid state were achieved. The hydrazinium-yl radical cation has a significantly shortened N-N bond and a nearly planar N Si framework, in contrast to the starting material. According to DFT calculations, the shortened N-N bond has a total bond order of 1.5 with a π-bond order of 0.5. The π bond can be regarded as a three-π-electron, two-center bond.

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Low-Temperature Isolation of a Labile Silylated Hydrazinium-yl Radical Cation, [(Me Si) N-N(H)SiMe ].

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PMID: 35404528 PMC: 9321631. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200854.

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