Silaheterocyclen, XXIV. / Silaheterocycles, XXIV.
The 1-amino-2-neopentylsilenes 5-8 are formed in the reaction of LitBu with the aminovinylsilanes 1-4 in n-pentane (addition of LitBu to the vinylic double bond with subsequent 1,2-elimination of LiCl). The α-Li adducts initially formed are trapped by Me3SiOSO2CF3 to yield α-SiMe3-silanes. The silenes undergo insertion reactions into the Si—O bond of Me3SiOMe. In the absence of any trapping reagent dimerization occurs. One of the 1,3-disilacyclobutanes thus formed (15) could be examined by X-ray diffraction. Reacting with 1,3-butadienes the chlorosubstituted silenes 5 and 8 yield [2 + 2]-cycloaddition products. With 1,3-cyclohexadiene Diels-Alder adducts are also obtained, but with cyclopentadiene the [4+2] adducts are formed exclusively. Products of an ene-reaction are observed upon treatment of 2,5-norbornadiene with the silenes 5 and 8.The methylsubstituted silene 6 does not undergo any cycloaddition reaction at all, while from silene 7 only traces of the cycloadducts are produced. Both species mainly yield the dimers. The preference for the [2+2] reaction type, exhibited by the silenes 5 and 8, is due to their polarity. The almost complete absence or low yield of any cycloaddition products from 6 or 7 can be correlated with the energy levels of their frontier molecular orbitals. The distribution of the disilacyclobutanes and cycloaddition product isomers is explained by the characteristics of the stereospecifically Ε-configurated silenes. The product distribution can also be rationalized considering the ambiphilic nature of the system ViRR′SiCl/Li1Bu.