Sponsored by
Quallion LLC

Dow Corning

Wacker-Chemie

Argonne National Laboratory

NSF

Recent Publications

Silylenes and Germylenes

Radical Reactions of a Stable N-Heterocyclic Silylene: EPR Study and DFT Calculations
B. Tumanskii, P. Pine, Y. Apeloig, N. J. Hill, and R. West
J. Am. Chem. Soc., ASAP Article, 04-Jun-2004; (Comm) DOI: 10.1021/ja049114r

The Raman Spectrum and Aromatic Stabilization in a Cyclic Germylene                                               L. A. Leites, S. S. Bukalov, A. V. Zabula, I. A. Garbuzova, D. F. Moser, and R. West,                             J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 4114 (2004) DOI: 10.1021/ja0317877

Bis[bis(trimethylsilyl)amino]silylene, an Unstable Divalent Silicon Compound                                      G-H. Lee, R. West and T. Müller,  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125, 8114 (2003). DOI: 10.1021/ja035374h

Evaluation of a Silylene Divalent Lanthanide Interaction in the Metallocene Complex (C₅Me₅)₂Sm[SiN^tBuCHCHN^tBu], W. J. Evans, J. M. Perotti, J. W. Ziller, D. F. Moser, and R. West, Organometallics, 22, 1160 (2003). DOI: 10.1021/om0208422

Halophilic Reactions of a Stable Silylene with Chloro and Bromocarbons,                                            D. F. Moser, T. Bosse, J. Olson, J. L Moser, I. A. Guzei, R. West, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124, 4186 (2002). DOI: 10.1021/ja012389b

Electronic and Steric Properties of Stable Silylene Ligands in Metal(0) Carbonyl Complexes,                                                                                                                                      M. Haaf, T. A. Schmedake, B.J. Paradise, A. Millevolte, D. R. Powell, R. West, J. Organomet. Chem.636, 17, (2001). DOI:10.1016/S0022-328X(01)00765-3    

Stable Silylenes, M. Haaf, T. A. Schmedake, R. West, Acc. Chem. Res., 33, 704 (2000). DOI: 10.1021/ar950192g

Siloles and Silafluorenes

Synthesis and photophysical properties of novel fluorescent silicones,                       I.Toulokhonova, B. Bjerke-Kroll, R. West, J. Organomet. Chem., 686, 101, (2003). DOI: 10.1016/S0022-328X(03)00672-7

A Disilapentalene and a Stable Diradical from the Reaction of a Dilithiosilole with a Dichlorocyclopropene,                                                                                                                         I. Toulokhonova, T. C. Stringfellow, S. A. Ivanov, A. Masunov and R. West, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125, 5763 (2003). DOI:10.1021/ja020763h

Chemistry of the Aromatic 9-Germafluorene Dianion and some Related Silicon and Carbon Species, Y. Liu, D. Ballweg, T. Mueller, I. A. Guzei, R. W. Clark, R. West, J. Am Chem. Soc. 124, 12174 (2002). DOI: 10.1021/ja020267t

Structure and Chemistry of 1-silafluorene Dianion, its Derivatives and an Organosilicon Diradical Dianion, Y. Liu, T. C. Stringfellow, D. Ballweg, I. A. Guzei, R. West, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124, 49 (2002). DOI: 10.1021/ja011821m

Reductive Coupling of Carbonyl Compounds Using Silole Dianions,                                                    Y. Liu, D. M. Ballweg, R. West, Organometallics, 20, 5769 (2001). DOI:10.1021/om0106837

Multiple Bonds

Conformational polymorphism of solid tetramesityldisilene Mes₂Si=SiMes₂ (Raman, UV–vis, IR and fluorescence study), L. A. Leites, S. S. Bukalov, J. E. Mangette, T. A. Schmedake and R. West, Spectrochim. Acta Part A, 59, 1975 (2003).                                                                                 DOI: 10.1016/S1386-1425(03)00004-0    

Reduction of Terphenyltrifluorosilanes:C-C Insertion Products and Possible Formation of a Disilyne, R. Pietschnig, R. West and D. R. Powell, Organometallics, 19, 2724 (2000). DOI: 10.1021/om990924z
 

Polysilanes and Polysiloxanes

Cross-Linked Network Polymer Electrolytes Based on a Polysiloxane Backbone with Oligo(oxyethylene) Side Chains: Synthesis and Conductivity,
Z. Zhang, D. Sherlock, R. West, R. West, K. Amine, and L. J. Lyons, Macromolecules,  36, 9176 (2003). DOI: 10.1021/ma0349276

A New Theory For Rotational Isomeric States: Polysilanes Lead The Way                R. West, J. Organomet. Chem., 685, 6, (2003).DOI:10.1016/S0022-328X(03)00645-4 

Excitation dependence of Raman spectra of various polydialkylsilane conformations and sigma-sigma conjugation, S. S. Bukalov, L. A. Leites, G. I. Magdanurov, R. West, J. Organomet. Chem., 685, 51, (2003). DOI: 10.1016/S0022-328X(03)00263-8

Novel Siloxane Polymers as Solid Polymer Electrolytes for High Energy Density Lithium Batteries, R. Hooper, L. J. Lyons, D. A. Moline, R. West, Silicon Chemistry, 1, 121 (2002).