Breaking Carbon–Chlorine Bonds with the Unconventional
Lewis Acid Dodecachlorocyclohexasilane

Frohlich, Matthew
T.; Anderson, Kenneth J.; Ugrinov, Angel; Boudjouk, Philip

doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b00631.s001

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Breaking Carbon–Chlorine Bonds with the Unconventional Lewis Acid Dodecachlorocyclohexasilane

journal contribution

posted on 2018-11-08, 20:48 authored by Matthew T. Frohlich, Kenneth J. Anderson, Angel Ugrinov, Philip Boudjouk

c-Si₆Cl₁₂ functions as a Lewis acid strong enough to abstract chloride ions from 2 mol of triphenylchloromethane to form the salt [Tr⁺]₂[Si₆Cl₁₄^2–]. This is the first example of a Lewis acid “hole” breaking a carbon–halogen bond.