Dichlorosilane, SiH2Cl2, forms two different kinds of coordination compounds with pyridine and 3-picoline:  the simple adduct trans-SiH2Cl2(L)2 and the ionic complex [SiH2(L)4]Cl2·4CHCl3 (L = pyridine, 3-picoline). The adducts trans-SiH2Cl2(py)2, 1, and trans-SiH2Cl2(3pic)2, 2, form directly from the reaction of bis(dichlorosilyl)methylamine, NMe(SiHCl2)2 with pyridine (py), and 3-picoline (3pic). Reaction of 1 with an excess of pyridine in chloroform yielded [SiH2(py)4]Cl2·4CHCl3, 3. The molecular and crystal structures of 1−3 were investigated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The Si atoms of all three compounds are hexacoordinated and lie on centers of inversion. The basic structural parameters are the following:  1 (monoclinic, C2/c):  Si−N 196.9(1) pm, Si−Cl 228.8(1) pm; N−Si−Cl 90.0(1)°, C−N−C 119.0(2)o; Cl−Si−N−C 102.4(1)°. 2 (triclinic, P1̄):  Si−N 197.5(1) pm, Si−Cl 229.2(1) pm; N−Si−Cl 90.3(1)°, C−N−C 118.8(1)°; Cl−Si−N−C 101.2(1)°. 3 (monoclinic, C2/m):  Si−N 196.2(4) and 197.0(4) pm, Si···Cl 419.9 pm; N−Si−N 90.0°. All three complexes, neutral and cationic, exhibit very similar lengths of the dative Si−N bond. Hartree−Fock calculations with 3-21G(d) and 6-31G(d) basis sets and density functional calculations with the B3LYP functional and a 6-31G(d) basis set were employed for geometry optimizations of trans-SiH2Cl2(py)2 and [SiH2(py)4]2+. The optimized structures revealed similar Si−N bond lengths and geometric parameters of the pyridine moieties for both types of complexes as well. Single point energy calculations [B3LYP/6-311+G(2d,p)//B3LYP/6-31G(d)], including corrections for the basis set superposition error, showed that the formation of 1 from SiH2Cl2 and pyridine in the gas phase is slightly endothermic (ΔH 298 = 17.2 kJ mol-1) and endergonic (ΔG 298 = 113.6 kJ mol-1). The significance of the Lewis acidity of SiH2Cl2 is thus questioned and intermolecular interactions (e.g. hydrogen bonds) are held responsible for the existence of 1 in the solid state.

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The reaction between LiAlH(4) and pyridine, 4-methylpyridine, or 3,5-dimethylpyridine results in hydride transfer to the pyridine ring to give tetrakis(pyridine)lithium tetrakis(1,4-dihydropyrid-1-yl)aluminate(III), 1, tetrakis(4-methylpyridine)lithium tetrakis(1,4-dihydro-4-methylpyrid-1-yl)aluminate(III), 2, or tetrakis(3,5-dimethylpyridine)lithium tetrakis(3,5-dimethyl-1,4-dihydropyrid-1-yl)aluminate(III), 3, respectively. We claim that 1, instead of lithium tetrakis(1,4-dihydropyrid-1-yl)aluminate(III), is the compound which is known as Lansbury's reagent. Treatment of trimethylamine-alane, AlH(3).NMe(3), with pyridine yields tris(1,4-dihydropyrid-1-yl)(pyridine)aluminum, 4. It could be shown that AlH(3).NMe(3) initially reduces pyridine to 1,2-dihydropyridine, which is subsequently converted into its 1,4-isomer. The X-ray crystal structures of 1-4 were determined. While the differences between Al-N distances within each of the compounds 1-3 are not significant, 4 exhibits two distinctly different types of Al-N bonds, the dative bond between Al and N(pyridine), d(Al-N) = 1.959(2) Å, and the covalent bonds between Al and N(1,4-dihydropyrid-1-yl), d(av)(Al-N) = 1.833 Å.

The complete manuscript of this communication appears in: Angew. Chem. Suppl. 1983, 973. DOI:

Me3SiCl bildet mit N‐Methylimidazol (NMI) eine bei Raumtemperatur beständige, kristalline 1:1 Verbindung. Nach der Röntgenstrukturanalyse entsteht unter Spaltung der SiCl‐Bindung und Anlagerung eines NMI‐Rings eine Verbindung ionischer Struktur [Me3Si(NMI)]+Cl− 1. Die Reaktion von Me2HSiCl mit NMI (Molverhältnis 1:2) führt unter Spaltung der SiCl‐Bindung und Koordination von zwei NMI‐Ringen zur Verbindung [Me2HSi(NMI)2]+Cl− 2. Bei der analogen Umsetzung von Me2SiCl2 mit NMI (Molverhältnis 2:1) entsteht eine Verbindung, die Me2SiCl2 und NMI im Molverhältnis 1:2 enthält. Bei der Sublimation werden Einkristalle der Verbindung [Me2Si(NMI)3]2+ 2 Cl−· NMI 3 erhalten.