The reactions of bis(chloromethyl)dichlorosilane with N-trimethylsilyl lactams and N-trimethylsilyl-N-methylacetamide taken in a ratio of 1 : 2 followed either by treatment with HgCI 2 in the presence of atmospheric moisture or by hydrolysis under a wet atmosphere afforded cation-anionic complexes, which contain disiloxane dications of the general formula [L2SiOSiL2]2+ (L is the lactamomethyl or N-methylacetamidomethyl bidentate ligand) and hexachlorodimercurate, tetrachloromercurate, and hydroxonium trichloride counter-ions, respectively. X-ray diffraction analysis demonstrated that the disiloxane dications in these complexes contain two five-coordinate Si atoms and occur as silicenium ions stabilized through two O~Si coordination bonds. In the case of lactamomethyl ligands, the disiloxane dications exist as diastereomers whose bischelate ligands adopt opposite configurations, whereas when N-methylacetamidomethyl ligands are present, the bischelate ligands adopt identical configurations. The first example of the presence of a hydroxonium tnchloride ion as a counter-ion in the crystal has been found. It consists of the hydroxonium cation, which holds three CI-anions through strong hydrogen bonds.Key words: silicenium ions, five-coordinate silicon; cation-anionic complexes, X-ray diffraction analysis; quantum-chemical calculations, MNDO/PM3 method The possibility of stabilization of silicenium cations through intramolecular coordination bonding represents a new line of investigations of hypervalent compounds of silicon (see, for example, the review 1, Ref. 2, and references cited therein). However, the available data concern mainly compounds with C,N-chelating ligands, t,z In particular, the structures of five-coordinate silyl cations 1 3 and 2 4 of the general formula [R:SiH} +, which are stabilized through two intraionic N~Si coordination bonds, were established by X-ray diffraction analysis.Most known compounds in which the five-coordinate Si atom bears two O,O-or two C,O-chelating ligands exist as anions 5-[~ containing O4SiX or O2C2SiX coordination units (X = C or Hal). Some their germanium analogs occur also as anions. !1,12 Recently, we have studied for the first time t3 the disilicenium dication {R2SiOSiR2] 2+, which contains O3SiC 2 fragments as central coordination units, using l,t,3,3-tetrakis[(2-oxopyrrolidino)methyl]disiloxane ditrifiate (3) asan example. Its structure in the solid state was established by X-ray diffraction analysis. Conductometrie study in solution confirmed the structure of the cation.In this work, we report the results of synthesis of new cation-anionic complexes that contain disitoxane dications of the general tbrmuta {L2SiOSiL2] 2+ (k is the