The title compound, C13H22N4Si2+.2Br(-).C2H3N. crystallizes from the s
olution of N-methylimidazole and 1,1-dibromosilacyclohexane in which i
t was prepared. Two Br- ions of the starting material are removed from
the first area of coordination of the Si atom. The resulting species
is a dication. The structure displays a six-membered silaheterocycle c
ontaining a tetracoordinated Si atom. The crystal was a racemic twin.