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- The Cp*Si(+) cation serves as a silicon source in a reaction with disilenide Tip(2)Si=Si(Tip)Li, leading to established neutral unsaturated silicon clusters.
- This method introduces a new way to create this unique type of silicon compound.
- The mechanism suggested includes the formation of a Cp*-substituted cyclotrisilene, where Cp*(-) leaves during a single electron reduction or through nucleophilic substitution.
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The Cp*Si(+) cation acts as a stoichiometric source of silicon in the reaction with the disilenide Tip(2)Si=Si(Tip)Li (Tip = 2,4,6-(i)Pr(3)C(6)H(2)) affording known neutral unsaturated silicon clusters. It thereby provides a conceptually different approach to this novel class of compounds. The proposed mechanism involves a Cp*-substituted cyclotrisilene in which Cp*(-) acts as a leaving group upon single electron reduction or in a nucleophilic substitution step.
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- This method introduces a new way to create this unique type of silicon compound.
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