Journal: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)

Article Title: Synthesis and coordination ability of a partially silicon based crown ether.

PMID/MRN: 27775108

Publication Date: 2016-Nov-03

Abstract:

The first hybrid crown ether with two adjacent disilane fragments was synthesized through reaction of O(Si 2 Me 4 Cl) 2 (3) with O(C 2 H 4 OH) 2 . By means of DFT calculations, the complexation ability of 1,2,4,5-tetrasila[12]crown-4 (7) towards Li + was determined to be considerably higher compared to [12]crown-4.