B. Pfrommer et R. Tacke, A ZWITTERIONIC PENTACOORDINATE SILICON COMPOUND WITH AN SIO2N2C FRAMEWORK, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, (3), 1998, pp. 415-418
The reaction of (Me2N)(3)SiCH2CH2NMe2 with 2-amino-4-nitrophenol (mola
r ratio 1:2) in acetonitrile yields the zwitterionic spirocyclic lambd
a(5)Si-silicate nio)ethyl]bis[4-nitrobenzene-2-aminato-1-olato(2-) (7)
. Compound 7 was characterized by H-1, C-13,and Si-29 solution-state a
nd Si-29 solid-state NMR spectroscopy, in addition to single-crystal X
-ray diffraction. The SiO2N2C framework of 7 is characterized by five
''normal'' covalent bonds.