Different aromatic diorganoamines were tested for their reactivity with 1,1
,2,2-tetrachlorodimethyldisilane (1). Indole reacts easily with 1, tetrakis
(indolyl)-1,2-dimethyldisilane (2) was isolated. The reaction of N-methylan
iline with 1 yields (MePhN)(2)MeSi-SiMe( N MePh)Cl (3) and Cl(MePhN)MeSi-Si
Me( N MePh)Cl (4) depending on the proportions of the starting materials. T
he crystal structure of 4 shows that the compound crystallizes as separated
pure enantiomeric crystals. The value of optical rotation was estimated. (
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