Reaction of an alkyne with dinickel-diphenylsilyl complexes. An emissive disilane formed via the consecutive Si-C and Si-Si bond-making processes

Reaction of an alkyne with dinickel-diphenylsilyl complexes. An emissive disilane formed via the consecutive Si-C and Si-Si bond-making processes:

Chem. Commun.,DOI: 10.1039/C2CC16063C, Communication

Makoto Tanabe, Ryouhei Yumoto, Kohtaro Osakada
The dinickel complex having diphenylsilyl ligands, [{Ni(dmpe)}₂([small mu ]-SiHPh₂)₂], reacted with PhC[triple bond, length as m-dash]CPh to yield a fluorescent dialkenyldisilane via intramolecular Si-Si coupling.

The Ni2H2L4 is a relative of this disilyl compound