The zwitte
rionic
fcha
rs/lambda.gi
f" BORDER=0 >
5Si-o
rgano
fluo
rosilicatesF
4SiCH
2NMe
2H(
5) andF
3MeSiCH
2NMe
2H(
7;c
rystallog
raphic modi
fications
7a and
7b) we
resynthesized by
reaction o
f the silanes(MeO)
3SiCH
2NMe
2(
11) and(MeO)
2MeSiCH
2NMe
2(
13),
respectively, with HF in a mixtu
reo
f ethanol and hyd
ro
fluo
ric acid at 0
f">C. The
relatedzwitte
rionic
fcha
rs/lambda.gi
f" BORDER=0 >
5Si-o
rgano
fluo
rosilicatesF
4SiCH
2NMe
3(
6) andF
3MeSiCH
2NMe
3(
8) we
re obtained analogously by
reaction o
f HFwith the ammonium iodides[(MeO)
3SiCH
2NMe
3]I(
12) and[(MeO)
2MeSiCH
2NMe
3]I(
14),
respectively. Reaction o
f the silanes(MeO)
3SiCH
2NR
2(
16) and(MeO)
2tBuSiCH
2NR
2(
17)(NR
2 = 2,2,6,6-tet
ramethylpipe
ridino) with HF gave thezwitte
rionic
fcha
rs/lambda.gi
f" BORDER=0 >
5Si-o
rgano
fluo
rosilicates F
4SiCH
2NR
2H(
9) andF
3tBuSiCH
2NR
2H(
10),
respectively. The c
rystal st
ructu
reso
f compounds
5,
6,
7a,
b,and
8-
10 we
re dete
rmined by single-c
rystalX-
ray di
ffractionstudies. Compounds
5-
10 we
re studied bysolution-state
1H,
13C,
19F, and
29Si NMRexpe
riments at
room tempe
ratu
re (solvent CD
3CN).These studies indicate a
rapid
fluo
rineexchange at
room tempe
ratu
re. As shown by tempe
ratu
re-depen
dent19F NMR expe
rimentswith
10 (solvent CD
2Cl
2), thisligand exchange can be
reduced on cooling. Acco
rding toline-shape analyses, the dynamic behavio
r o
f 10 can be desc
ribedby two di
ffe
rent p
rocesses.Fo
r compounds
5-
8 and
related modelspecies ab initio studies at the SCF/SVP and MP2/TZP levels we
re pe
rfo
rmed. Calculated and expe
rimental (c
rystalst
ructu
res) geomet
ric datawe
re compa
red, and the in
fluence o
f inte
rmolecula
r inte
ractions(packing e
ffects) in the solidstate and int
ramolecula
r inte
ractions between the cha
rged cente
rs inthe calculatedzwitte
rions we
re studied. Fu
rthe
rmo
re, the dynamic behavio
r o
f thetitle compounds wasinvestigated by ab initio studies o
f the
related model speciesF
4SiCH
2NH
3(
19) andF
3MeSiCH
2NH
3(
20).