Hänninen Mikko M, Pal Kuntal, Day Benjamin M, Pugh Thomas, Layfield Richard A
School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
Dalton Trans. 2016 Jul 28;45(28):11301-5. doi: 10.1039/c6dt02486f. Epub 2016 Jun 30.
The structural and bonding properties of a three-coordinate N-heterocyclic silyene (NHSi) complex of the iron(ii) amide [Fe{N(SiMe3)2}2] are reported. Computational studies reveal that dispersion forces between the amido SiMe3 substituents and the isopropyl substituents on the NHSi ligand significantly enhance the stability of the complex, along with Fe-to-Si π-backbonding.
