Interconversion between a silaimine and an aminosilylene supported by an iminophosphonamide ligand

Chem Commun (Camb). 2021 Apr 4;57(26):3203-3206. doi: 10.1039/d1cc00667c. Epub 2021 Mar 9.

Abstract

The reaction of a chlorosilylene, supported by an iminophosphonamide ligand, with KN(SiMe3)2 resulted in the formation of a silaimine instead of the expected aminosilylene. However, this silaimine exists in equilibrium with the corresponding aminosilylene, which was experimentally demonstrated using variable-temperature NMR spectroscopy and a trapping reaction with elemental selenium to give a silaselenourea.