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(Trimethylsilyl)methylrubidium [RbCH2SiMe3] (1) and (trimethylsilyl)methylcesium [CsCH2SiMe3] (2) were prepared by metathesis reactions of (trimethylsilyl)methyllithium [LiCH2SiMe3] with rubidium or cesium tert-butoxide in n-hexane. Both new compounds are pyrophoric powders which were characterised by NMR spectroscopy and elemental analyses. They can be used as deprotonating agents towards secondary amines such as 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine (TMPH). The resulting amides [RbTMP] (3) and [CsTMP] (4) form temperature-sensitive, n-hexane-insoluble orange solids. Treatment with the bidentate donor N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA) produces the corresponding n-hexane-soluble complexes. The crystal structures of [(TMEDA)RbTMP] (3a) and [(TMEDA)CsTMP] (4a) were determined to be closely related to that of [(TMEDA)KTMP]. Thus they are dimers with frameworks that consist of four-membered MNMN rings (M = Rb, Cs or K, N = TMP). The versatility and stability observed should make these (trimethylsilyl)methyl and TMP compounds of rubidium (1, 3a) and cesium (2, 4a) valuable starting points for further exploration of the chemistry of these heavy alkali metals.
Author(s): Clegg W, Kennedy AR, Klett J, Mulvey RE, Russo L
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
Year: 2012
Issue: 18
Pages: 2989-2994
Print publication date: 04/05/2012
ISSN (print): 1434-1948
ISSN (electronic): 1099-0682
Publisher: Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201200122
DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201200122
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