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Publications in Scientific Journals:

Van An Du, S. Baumann, G. Stipicic, U. Schubert:
"Cleavage of an Iron-Silicon Bond by Hexamethylphosphoric Triamide: Synthesis and Characterization of [SiCl3(HMPA)3]+[Fe(CO)4SiCl3]-";
Zeitschrift für Naturforschung Section B - A Journal of Chemical Sciences, 64b (2009), 1553 - 1557.



English abstract:
Addition of excess hexamethylphosphoric triamide (HMPA) to cis-Fe(CO)4(SiCl3)2 led to the exclusive formation of the new complex [SiCl3(HMPA)3]+[Fe(CO)4SiCl3]- by cleavage of an ironsilicon bond. A reaction mechanism is presented, based on density functional theory calculations.

Keywords:
Iron-Silicon Bond Cleavage - Anionic Metal Silyl Complex - Hexacoordinate Silicon - DFT Calculations

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