Tetrakis(trimethylsilyl)tetrahedrane+
- Günther Maier ,
- Jörg Neudert ,
- Oliver Wolf ,
- Dirk Pappusch ,
- Akira Sekiguchi ,
- Masanobu Tanaka , and
- Tsukasa Matsuo
Abstract

Tetrakis(trimethylsilyl)tetrahedrane 3 has been synthesized upon irradiation of tetrakis(trimethylsilyl)cyclobutadiene 8, which can be prepared either by thermal nitrogen elimination from trimethylsilyl[1,2,3-tris(trimethylsilyl)-2-cycloprop-1-enyl]diazomethane 7 or by mild oxidation of cyclobutadiene dianion 9 with 1,2-dibromoethane. The structural characterization of tetrahedrane 3 has been achieved by X-ray crystallography. The surprising thermal stability of 3 − which is stable up to 300 °C − is discussed.
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Justus-Liebig-Universität.
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University of Tsukuba.
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Present address: Institute for Molecular Science, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan.
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