15N and 77Se Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of Selenium Diimides and Aminoselenanes
Selenium diimides R(NSeN)R [R = tBu (1a), tOct (1b)], the eight-membered heterocycle tBuN(SeSeSe)2NtBu (2) and the aminoselenanes of the type [R(Cl3Si)N]2Se (4a,b) and [(Me3Si)2N]2Se (5) were studied by multinuclear NMR with emphasis on 15N NMR for detection of coupling constants J(77Se15N). The selenium diimides possess the largest values of 1J(77Se15N) observed so far (1a: 158.4 and 163.5 Hz; 1 b: 158.6 and 162.8 Hz). Compound 1 b was found to be much more stable than 1a, the heterocycle 2 being the major decomposition product of 1a. The selenium diimides (1a,b) react readily with hexachlorodisilane to give the bis[alkyl(trichlorosilyl)amino]selenanes 4a,b. The solid state 13C, 15N, 29Si and 77Se CP/MAS NMR spectra of bis[bis(trimethylsilyl)amino]selenane (5) gave results in accord with the known crystal structure, and there is agreement with the solution state NMR data