Compounds of transition metals are often used to activate small molecules for chemical reactions. The discovery of unusual silicon-containing compounds raises the prospect of metal-free activators.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
References
Rekken, B. D., Brown, T. M., Fettinger, J. C., Tuononen, H. M. & Power, P. P. J. Am. Chem. Soc. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja301091v (2012).
Protchenko, A. V. et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja301042u (2012).
Arduengo, A. J. III, Harlow, R. L. & Kline, M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 113, 361–363 (1991).
Denk, M. et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 116, 2691–2692 (1994).
West, R. & Denk, M. Pure Appl. Chem. 68, 785–788 (1996).
Gehrhus, B., Lappert, M. F., Heinicke, J., Boese, R. & Bläser, D. J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun. 1931–1932 (1995).
Hill, N. J. & West, R. J. Organomet. Chem. 689, 4165–4183 (2004).
Asay, M., Jones, C. & Driess, M. Chem. Rev. 111, 354–396 (2011).
Gehrhus, B. & Lappert, M. F. J. Organomet. Chem. 617–618, 209–223 (2001).
Tsutsui, S., Sakamoto, K. & Kira, M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 120, 9955–9956 (1998).
Lee, G.-H., West, R. & Müller, T. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 8114–8115 (2003).
Segawa, Y., Yamashita, M. & Nozaki, K. Science 314, 113–115 (2006).
Kira, M., Ishida, S., Iwamoto, T. & Kabuto, C. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 121, 9722–9723 (1999).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
West, R. Two-armed silicon. Nature 485, 49–50 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/485049a
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/485049a
- Springer Nature Limited
This article is cited by
-
Metallocene Catalytic Insertion Polymerization of 1-Silene to Polycarbosilanes
Scientific Reports (2015)
-
Decoupling competing surface binding kinetics and reconfiguration of receptor footprint for ultrasensitive stress assays
Nature Nanotechnology (2015)
-
Equilibrium between a cyclotrisilene and an isolable base adduct of a disilenyl silylene
Nature Chemistry (2013)