Nataliya F. Lazareva

Analysis of the Hypersensitivity of the 29Si NMR Chemical Shift of the Pentacoordinate Silicon Compounds to the Temperature Effect. N-(Silylmethyl)acetamides

Theoretical investigation of the phenomenon of hypersensitivity of the (29)Si NMR chemical shift, δ, in the pentacoordinate silicon compounds to the temperature effect has been performed by the example of N-(silylmethyl)acetamides MeC(O)NMeCH2SiX3 (X = Me, 1; OMe, 2; F, 3) and MeC(O)NMeCH2SiMe2F (4) with the use of experimental dynamic NMR (DNMR) (29)Si data. It is based on the following: (i) the analysis of the potential energy surface of molecules 1-4 in polar solvents and the energetics of interconversion between their possible isomeric forms; (ii) the calculations of δ at different temperatures taking into account the dependence of the dielectric constant (ε) of the medium on T, and (iii) the isolation of dynamic, geometrical, and polar contributions to the temperature drift of δ. The results obtained allowed us to give a consistent explanation of the DNMR (29)Si spectra of acetamides 1-4 and to elucidate the nature of an unusual effect of T on δ.

Synthesis, molecular structure, conformational analysis, and chemical properties of silicon-containing derivatives of quinolizidine.

A silicon analog of quinolizidine 3,3,7,7-tetramethylhexahydro-1H-[1,4,2]oxazasilino[4,5-d][1,4,2]oxazasilin-9a-yl)methanol 3 was synthesized. X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed the trans configuration and low temperature NMR spectroscopy both the flexibility (barrier of interconversion 5.8 kcal mol(-1)) and the conformational equilibrium (chair-chair and chair-twist conformers) of the compound. The relative stability of the different isomers/conformers of 3 was calculated also at the MP2/6-311G(d,p) level of theory. Intra- and intermolecular hydrogen bonding in 3 and the appropriate equilibrium between free and self-associated molecules was studied in solvents of different polarity. Both the N-methyl quaternary ammonium salt and the O-trimethylsilyl derivative of 3 could be obtained and their structure determined.

Silicon–carbon bond cleavage of organosilicon amines MenN[CH2Si(OCH2CH2)3N]3–n(n= 1, 2) by phenols

Anomalously high basicity of organosilicon amines MenN[CH2Si(OCH2CH2)3N]3–n determines the ease of nucleophilic cleavage of the Si–C bond by phenols even at room temperature. The conversion of silatrane increases both with phenol acidity and basicity of the exocyclic nitrogen atom.

Synthesis of (chloromethyl)dimethylsilanol

Abstract(Chloromethyl)dimethylsilanol was synthesized by the hydrolysis of (chloromethyl)dimethylchlorosilane, N-[(chloromethyl)dimethylsilyl]amines, or N-(chloromethyl)dimethylsilyl-N-methylamide of diisopropylphosphoric acid.Graphical abstract

Synthesis and structure of silicon-containing N-methyland N-benzoylamides of diisopropylphosphoric acid

Diisopropyl N-benzoyl-N-(trimethylsilyl)phosphoramidate reacts with ClCH2SiMe2Cl under mild conditions to form diisopropyl N-benzoyl-N-[(chlorodimethylsilyl)methyl]phosphoramidate (III). Diisopropyl N-methyl-N-(trimethylsilyl)phosphoramidate with ClCH2SiMe2Cl affords an N-transsilylation product which does not rearrange into diisopropyl N-[(chlorodimethylsilyl)methyl]-N-methylphosphoramidate (XV) even under severe conditions (4 h, 130°C). Compound XV was prepared by the reaction of diisopropyl phosphorochloridate with N-[(methoxydimethylsilyl)methyl]-N-methylamine followed by treatment of diisopropyl N-[(methoxydimethylsilyl)methyl]-N-methylphosphoramidate with boron trichloride. Analysis of experimental and calculated 29Si chemical shifts points to a five-coordinate silicon atom in compound III and a fourcoordinate silicon atom in compound XV. According to B3LYP calculations with due regard to solvent effects, compound III is an isomer with a C=O→Si bond. By variation of substituents at silicon, phosphorus, and carbonyl carbon atoms, chelate structures with either C=O→Si or P=O→Si dative bonds can be obtained.

Reactions of alkoxy and amino derivatives of silacyclobutane with amino alcohols

Abstract2-(N,N-Dimethylamino)ethanol readily replaces the MeO and Et2N groups in 1-methoxy-1-methyl-, 1,1-dimethoxy-, 1-diethylamino-1-methyl-and 1,1-bis(diethylamino)-1-silacyclobutanes to form dimethylaminoethoxy derivatives. Triethanolamine and N,N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)glycinamide split the silacyclobutane ring in 1,1-dimethoxy-1-silacyclobutane to form 1-propylsilathrane and 1-propyl-2-azasilathran-3-one, respectively.

Ab initio Calculations of the Geometry, Electronic Structure, and Vibrational Spectrum of (Acetoxymethyl)triflouorosilane

The geometries and electronic structures of various conformers of (acetoxymetyl)trifluorosilane, CH3C(O)OCH2SiF3, and also the frequencies and intensities of its vibration bands were studied by ab initio [RHF(6-31G*)] calculations. According to the experimental spectra and calculation results, the most stable is the conformation in which the donor-acceptor interaction = O→Si is realized. Analysis of the geometry, atomic charges, and molecular orbital energies shows that this donor-acceptor bond is mainly due to interaction of the lone electron pairs of the carbonyl oxygen atom with the vacant Σδ* orbitals of the C-Si-Fa moiety.

Silicon-containing analogs of camptothecin as anticancer agents

The plant pentacyclic alkaloid camptothecin and its structural analogs were extensively studied. These compounds are interesting due to the antitumor activity associated with their ability to inhibit topoisomerase I in tumor cells. During the last decades of the 20th century, a large number of the silicon‐containing camptothecins (silatecans) were synthesized. 7‐tert‐Butyldimethylsilyl‐10‐hydroxy‐camptothecin (DB‐67 or AR‐67) has enhanced lipophilicity and demonstrates a antitumor activity superior to its carbon analog. To date, certain silatecans are under clinical trials and their ultimate role in cancer therapy appears promising. In this review, we present chemical methodologies for the synthesis of silicon‐containing camptothecins, their chemical properties, biological activity, and results of clinical trials.

Reaction of N-methyl-N,N-bis(silatranylmethyl)amine with trichlorosilane

N,N-Bis(silatranylmethyl)methylamine reacts with trichlorosilane to form the amine hydrochloride and perchloropolysilane, the product of polymerization of dichlorosilylene. In the presence of 1,3-butadiene the main products of the reaction are the amine hydrochloride and 1,1-dichlorosilacyclopentene-3, the product of 1,4-addition of dichlorosilylene to 1,3-butadiene.

Structure of (O→Si)-(acetoxymethyl)trifluorosilane in three phase states and in solutions

According to the IR spectroscopy data, the molecules of (O→Si)-(acetoxymethyl)trifluorosilane having in the liquid state and in polar media the intramolecular bond C=O→Si, exist in the gas phase in the temperature range 438–538 K in the equilibrium with the molecules with tetracoordinate silicon atom. This allowed to determine experimentally the enthalpy of formation of the intramolecular bond C=O→Si for the gas phase to be ΔH = 2.2±0.1 kcal mol−1. In the solid state at 110 K and in the CS2 solution, along with molecule with the C=O→Si bond, the dimers exist, which include both tetra- and pentacoordinate silicon atom. The data of quantum-chemical calculations (B3LYP/6-311G**) show that the shortest intermolecular bond Si-F→Si is realized in the associate formed by the molecules in the ap,sp- and sp,sp-forms, and the longest one, when both components are in the sp,sp-forms.