Abstract
Trialkylsilylalkyl substituents (R3Si)nC are powerful electron donors, which enormously modify the properties of parent p systems like ethylene, cyclopentadiene, or 1,4-cyclohexadiene. Due to the destabilization of the mol. ground state and the charge delocalization in the corresponding radical cation, the vertical first ionization energies drop down to 7 eV and selective one-electron oxidn. with AlCl3 in CH2Cl2 produces novel silylalkyl radical cations like (R3SiCH2)2C:C(CH2SiR3)2+.bul., stable even at room temp. The photoelectron and the ESR data indicate sCSi/p hyperconjugative interactions, assisted in the sterically overcrowded mols. by fixed optimum conformations with the sCSi bonds colinear with the p system. The ESR coupling consts. indicate considerable spin population in the Me3Si groups. The soln. structure of the radicals and the temp. dependence of their conformations are discussed. [on SciFinder(R)]
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