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The trisilanol (c-C5H9)7Si7O9(OH)3, generated from the hydrolytic condensation of cyclo­pentyl­tri­chloro­silane, is converted in excellent yield to a new siloxane 3-endo-tert-butyl­di­methylsiloxy-1,3,5,7,9,11,14-hepta­cyclo­pentyl­tetracyclo­[7.3.3.13,14.15,11]­­heptasiloxane [(c-C5H9)7Si7O9(O)(OSiMe2But) or C41H78O11Si8] in two high-yield steps. It is highly unusual for a polyhedral oligosilsesquioxane to give such well diffracting crystals, and even more so for it to crystallize virtually without disorder. Molecules of this siloxane occur in the crystal as isolated units, free from the silanol hydrogen-bonding interactions that dominate the structural characteristics and associated reaction chemistry of the parent polysilanols.

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Crystallographic Information File (CIF) https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536801000745/om6001sup1.cif
Contains datablocks global, I

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Structure factor file (CIF format) https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536801000745/om6001Isup2.hkl
Contains datablock I

CCDC reference: 159741

Key indicators

  • Single-crystal X-ray study
  • T = 150 K
  • Mean [sigma](C-C) = 0.006 Å
  • H-atom completeness 95%
  • Disorder in main residue
  • R factor = 0.060
  • wR factor = 0.163
  • Data-to-parameter ratio = 17.8

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Yellow Alert Alert Level C:
ABSMU_01 Alert C The ratio of given/expected absorption coefficient lies outside the range 0.99 <> 1.01 Calculated value of mu = 0.264 Value of mu given = 0.260 PLAT_301 Alert C Main residue disorder ........................ 2.00 Perc. General Notes
FORMU_01 There is a discrepancy between the atom counts in the _chemical_formula_sum and the formula from the _atom_site* data. Atom count from _chemical_formula_sum:C41 H78 O11 Si8 Atom count from the _atom_site data: C41 H74 O11 Si8 CELLZ_01 From the CIF: _cell_formula_units_Z 2 From the CIF: _chemical_formula_sum C41 H78 O11 Si8 TEST: Compare cell contents of formula and atom_site data atom Z*formula cif sites diff C 82.00 82.00 0.00 H 156.00 148.00 8.00 O 22.00 22.00 0.00 Si 16.00 16.00 0.00 Difference between formula and atom_site contents detected. WARNING: H atoms missing from atom site list. Is this intentional?
0 Alert Level A = Potentially serious problem
0 Alert Level B = Potential problem
2 Alert Level C = Please check

Comment top

Over the past year, a number of groups have found that under certain conditions lithiation of the siloxane triol (c-C5H9)7Si7O9(OH)3 proceeds smoothly, without the cage destruction which had been reported to arise during reactions to generate a sodium salt (Annand et al., 1999; Feher et al., 1992). The TBDMS (TBDMS is tert-butyldimethylsilyl) functionalization has provided us with a highly soluble tractable disilanol, (c-C5H9)7Si7O9(OH)2(OSiMe2But), (I), which we were able to convert quantitatively to a dilithio salt using tert-butyl lithium (Arnold et al., 2001). Treatment of a pentane or toluene solution of (I) with two equivalents of potassium metal results in dissolution of the metal over a few hours (the reaction is accelerated by sonication). This colourless solution contains the siloxane, (c-C5H9)7Si7O9(O)(OSiMe2But), (II), arising from the condensation of adjacent silanols to form a new six-membered siloxane ring in the complex. It is widely agreed that these classes of siloxanes crystallize readily but form poorly diffracting crystals that rarely yield satisfactory structural information (Herrmann et al., 1994; Abbenhuis, 2000). This held true for (II), with further complications arising from crystals that cracked upon cooling in the cold nitrogen stream on the diffractometer. A range of morphologies of crystals was obtained from different solvents and solvent mixtures, but the only crystals that diffracted reasonably were large colourless blocks grown by ethanol diffusion into an ether solution of (II); this too was mounted at room temperature to eliminate the problem of disintegration. Distances and angles for the compound are as anticipated; whilst the TBDMS anchoring vertex Si7 bends away from the cube, the tert-butyl group is folded back towards the siloxane oxygen O1, possibly facilitating the surprisingly highly ordered packing of the molecules.

Experimental top

A toluene solution of (I) (317 mg, 0.32 mmol, 10 ml) was added to high purity K lumps (25.0 mg, 0.64 mmol) and either sonicated or stirred vigorously for 4 h, or until no K was visible. Removal of volatiles under reduced pressure afforded a colourless solid. Extraction with pentane, followed by concentration and cooling to 243 K afforded colourless highly crystalline (II) (yield 231 mg, 74%). Crystals selected for data collection were grown at room temperature by ethanol diffusion into a diethyl ether solution of (II).

Refinement top

Although the crystal has a unit cell which is metrically close to monoclinic, merging of the data under 2/m symmetry gave a very high merging R of 0.584; we accordingly adopted the lower triclinic system where the corresponding value was 0.070. For its class, compound (II) displays a surprisingly low level of disorder in the peripheral groups. Positional disorder of one cyclopentyl group was modelled and refined satisfactorily upon application of geometric similarity restraints: the major and minor components comprise 0.76 (2) and 0.24 (2), respectively. H atoms were refined riding on their parent atoms with Uiso(H) = xUeq(C), where x = 1.5 for methyl H atoms and 1.2 for all others; C—H distances were restrained to 0.98, 0.99 and 1.00 Å for methyl, methylene and methine H atoms, respectively.

Computing details top

Data collection: DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) and COLLECT (Nonius, 1999); cell refinement: DENZO and COLLECT; data reduction: DENZO and COLLECT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 1990); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Bruker, 1997); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 and PLATON (Spek, 2000).

Figures top
[Figure 1] Fig. 1. A view of the structure of (II) showing atom-numbering scheme. Displacement ellipsoids are drawn at the 25% probability level. Atoms C52 and C56 are disorder components of the same atom, with occupancies of 0.76 (2) and 0.24 (2), respectively.
(I) top
Crystal data top
C41H78O11Si8Z = 2
Mr = 971.75F(000) = 1048
Triclinic, P1Dx = 1.267 Mg m3
a = 11.9992 (8) ÅMo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å
b = 14.6230 (9) ÅCell parameters from 26509 reflections
c = 15.0146 (13) Åθ = 2.9–27.5°
α = 75.182 (3)°µ = 0.26 mm1
β = 89.959 (3)°T = 150 K
γ = 89.793 (2)°Block, colourless
V = 2546.9 (3) Å30.25 × 0.10 × 0.08 mm
Data collection top
Nonius kappaCCD area-detector
diffractometer
9603 independent reflections
Radiation source: Nonius FR591 rotating anode5603 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
Graphite monochromatorRint = 0.070
Detector resolution: 9.091 pixels/mm pixels mm-1θmax = 26.0°, θmin = 3.3°
ϕ and ω scansh = 1515
Absorption correction: multi-scan
(SORTAV; Blessing, 1995)
k = 1818
Tmin = 0.87, Tmax = 0.99l = 1619
195409 measured reflections
Refinement top
Refinement on F2Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods
Least-squares matrix: fullSecondary atom site location: difference Fourier map
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.060Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites
wR(F2) = 0.163H-atom parameters constrained
S = 1.00 w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0617P)2]
where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3
9603 reflections(Δ/σ)max = 0.001
541 parametersΔρmax = 0.47 e Å3
2 restraintsΔρmin = 0.38 e Å3
Crystal data top
C41H78O11Si8γ = 89.793 (2)°
Mr = 971.75V = 2546.9 (3) Å3
Triclinic, P1Z = 2
a = 11.9992 (8) ÅMo Kα radiation
b = 14.6230 (9) ŵ = 0.26 mm1
c = 15.0146 (13) ÅT = 150 K
α = 75.182 (3)°0.25 × 0.10 × 0.08 mm
β = 89.959 (3)°
Data collection top
Nonius kappaCCD area-detector
diffractometer
9603 independent reflections
Absorption correction: multi-scan
(SORTAV; Blessing, 1995)
5603 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
Tmin = 0.87, Tmax = 0.99Rint = 0.070
195409 measured reflections
Refinement top
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.0602 restraints
wR(F2) = 0.163H-atom parameters constrained
S = 1.00Δρmax = 0.47 e Å3
9603 reflectionsΔρmin = 0.38 e Å3
541 parameters
Special details top

Geometry. All e.s.d.'s (except the e.s.d. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of e.s.d.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between e.s.d.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell e.s.d.'s is used for estimating e.s.d.'s involving l.s. planes.

Refinement. Refinement of F2 against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The threshold expression of F2 > σ(F2) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F2 are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R- factors based on ALL data will be even larger.

Fractional atomic coordinates and isotropic or equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å2) top
xyzUiso*/UeqOcc. (<1)
Si10.01225 (8)0.15604 (8)0.23254 (7)0.0282 (3)
Si20.02615 (8)0.36359 (8)0.15802 (7)0.0274 (3)
Si30.11064 (8)0.23690 (8)0.04756 (7)0.0279 (3)
Si40.33701 (8)0.23705 (8)0.13452 (7)0.0264 (3)
Si50.24491 (8)0.10733 (8)0.32140 (7)0.0266 (3)
Si60.26589 (8)0.39705 (8)0.22323 (7)0.0263 (3)
Si70.32435 (8)0.25818 (8)0.41658 (7)0.0269 (3)
Si100.18038 (9)0.31176 (8)0.57353 (8)0.0332 (3)
O10.02061 (18)0.26566 (18)0.22658 (17)0.0279 (6)
O20.06786 (19)0.33729 (18)0.06449 (16)0.0284 (6)
O30.05739 (19)0.15370 (18)0.13060 (17)0.0288 (6)
O40.24523 (18)0.23285 (18)0.05573 (16)0.0292 (6)
O50.11174 (19)0.12290 (19)0.30599 (17)0.0329 (7)
O60.13216 (18)0.39934 (18)0.20622 (17)0.0308 (6)
O70.2649 (2)0.27108 (19)0.50728 (17)0.0355 (7)
O80.30923 (19)0.15483 (18)0.22653 (17)0.0312 (6)
O90.32770 (19)0.33883 (18)0.15847 (17)0.0306 (6)
O100.28286 (19)0.15907 (18)0.39911 (17)0.0309 (6)
O110.28854 (19)0.34463 (18)0.32965 (16)0.0286 (6)
C100.1060 (3)0.0764 (3)0.2662 (3)0.0303 (9)
H10A0.08120.01250.26140.036*
C110.2121 (3)0.1014 (3)0.2078 (3)0.0410 (11)
H11A0.20290.08710.14730.049*
H11B0.23110.16930.19780.049*
C120.3022 (3)0.0385 (3)0.2655 (3)0.0448 (12)
H12A0.31060.02060.24560.054*
H12B0.37480.07200.25800.054*
C130.2639 (3)0.0162 (3)0.3666 (3)0.0425 (11)
H13A0.25690.05290.39280.051*
H13B0.31770.04170.40420.051*
C140.1498 (3)0.0647 (3)0.3644 (3)0.0362 (10)
H14A0.15800.12700.37830.043*
H14B0.09840.02500.40990.043*
C200.0823 (3)0.4545 (3)0.1294 (3)0.0310 (9)
H20A0.04870.51120.08600.037*
C210.1334 (3)0.4873 (3)0.2095 (3)0.0392 (11)
H21A0.08510.53460.22700.047*
H21B0.14420.43320.26390.047*
C220.2459 (3)0.5314 (3)0.1722 (3)0.0495 (12)
H22A0.30200.52070.22210.059*
H22B0.23800.60040.14560.059*
C230.2802 (4)0.4845 (5)0.1004 (4)0.081 (2)
H23A0.30130.53270.04360.097*
H23B0.34560.44390.12180.097*
C240.1840 (3)0.4250 (3)0.0804 (3)0.0469 (12)
H24A0.17080.43790.01320.056*
H24B0.19980.35680.10490.056*
C300.0645 (3)0.2222 (3)0.0637 (3)0.0328 (10)
H30A0.10280.27040.11360.039*
C310.0889 (3)0.1233 (3)0.0775 (3)0.0427 (11)
H31A0.15880.12350.11260.051*
H31B0.09570.07600.01740.051*
C320.0104 (3)0.1018 (3)0.1312 (3)0.0471 (12)
H32A0.00230.13180.19790.057*
H32B0.02000.03280.12180.057*
C330.1064 (4)0.1443 (4)0.0908 (4)0.0643 (16)
H33A0.17090.15540.13340.077*
H33B0.12980.10180.03130.077*
C340.0638 (3)0.2353 (3)0.0773 (3)0.0520 (13)
H34A0.09860.24940.02240.062*
H34B0.08060.28800.13180.062*
C400.4759 (3)0.2166 (3)0.0913 (3)0.0295 (9)
H40A0.53060.21360.14220.035*
C410.4846 (3)0.1230 (3)0.0624 (3)0.0410 (11)
H41A0.50480.07030.11600.049*
H41B0.41270.10800.03720.049*
C420.5752 (4)0.1374 (4)0.0109 (4)0.0640 (15)
H42A0.63770.09280.01020.077*
H42B0.54500.12670.06880.077*
C430.6146 (4)0.2385 (3)0.0264 (3)0.0539 (13)
H43A0.63010.26690.09240.065*
H43B0.68290.24150.00960.065*
C440.5178 (3)0.2890 (3)0.0068 (3)0.0428 (11)
H44A0.54340.34700.02300.051*
H44B0.45900.30610.04080.051*
C500.2806 (3)0.0181 (3)0.3565 (3)0.0331 (10)
H50A0.24220.04700.41610.040*
C510.2441 (3)0.0732 (3)0.2838 (3)0.0458 (12)
C520.3317 (5)0.1545 (6)0.3025 (7)0.059 (3)*0.76 (2)
H52A0.30940.20560.35650.071*0.76 (2)
H52B0.33810.18120.24840.071*0.76 (2)
C560.3515 (12)0.111 (2)0.2521 (15)0.050 (8)*0.24 (2)
H56A0.33910.17560.24450.059*0.24 (2)
H56B0.37480.06990.19190.059*0.24 (2)
C530.4381 (4)0.1136 (4)0.3201 (4)0.0656 (15)
C540.4080 (3)0.0374 (3)0.3698 (3)0.0467 (12)
H54A0.45050.02120.34340.056*
H54B0.42620.05960.43620.056*
C600.3177 (3)0.5183 (3)0.1988 (3)0.0291 (9)
H60A0.30150.55080.13290.035*
C610.4452 (3)0.5250 (3)0.2165 (3)0.0348 (10)
H61A0.47530.46220.24920.042*
H61B0.48570.54750.15750.042*
C620.4579 (3)0.5943 (3)0.2750 (3)0.0467 (12)
H62A0.52380.57860.31580.056*
H62B0.46560.65980.23610.056*
C630.3518 (3)0.5830 (3)0.3300 (3)0.0450 (12)
H63A0.33850.63840.35520.054*
H63B0.35430.52510.38150.054*
C640.2627 (3)0.5756 (3)0.2614 (3)0.0373 (10)
H64A0.23970.63920.22480.045*
H64B0.19650.54220.29320.045*
C700.4760 (3)0.2547 (3)0.4322 (3)0.0307 (9)
H70A0.49220.19740.48340.037*
C710.5280 (3)0.3392 (3)0.4609 (3)0.0418 (11)
H71A0.48630.39820.43320.050*
H71B0.52720.32820.52870.050*
C720.6481 (4)0.3460 (4)0.4247 (4)0.0635 (15)
H72A0.66170.40920.38280.076*
H72B0.70160.33590.47650.076*
C730.6621 (4)0.2727 (4)0.3753 (4)0.0712 (17)
H73A0.70080.21710.41480.085*
H73B0.70700.29700.31890.085*
C740.5467 (3)0.2451 (3)0.3502 (3)0.0412 (11)
H74A0.54600.17940.34390.049*
H74B0.52010.28830.29210.049*
C1000.0338 (3)0.2892 (3)0.5441 (3)0.0375 (10)
C1010.2153 (4)0.2508 (4)0.6935 (3)0.0506 (12)
H10B0.20000.18300.70420.076*
H10C0.17000.27690.73550.076*
H10D0.29440.25990.70470.076*
C1020.2078 (4)0.4397 (3)0.5548 (3)0.0528 (13)
H10E0.28520.44900.57120.079*
H10F0.15750.46600.59340.079*
H10G0.19520.47190.48990.079*
C1030.0074 (4)0.3438 (4)0.4439 (3)0.0577 (14)
H10H0.06970.33130.42910.087*
H10I0.05820.32280.40180.087*
H10J0.01710.41170.43710.087*
C1040.0482 (3)0.3221 (4)0.6087 (3)0.0538 (13)
H10K0.12480.31000.59230.081*
H10L0.03860.39000.60240.081*
H10M0.03340.28730.67260.081*
C1050.0162 (4)0.1835 (3)0.5531 (3)0.0553 (13)
H10N0.06100.17280.53720.083*
H10O0.03130.14790.61670.083*
H10P0.06700.16230.51130.083*
Atomic displacement parameters (Å2) top
U11U22U33U12U13U23
Si10.0259 (6)0.0304 (7)0.0288 (7)0.0001 (4)0.0011 (4)0.0085 (5)
Si20.0244 (6)0.0306 (7)0.0288 (7)0.0012 (4)0.0004 (4)0.0104 (5)
Si30.0278 (6)0.0318 (7)0.0255 (6)0.0004 (5)0.0001 (4)0.0099 (5)
Si40.0253 (6)0.0292 (7)0.0260 (6)0.0008 (4)0.0019 (4)0.0096 (5)
Si50.0263 (6)0.0271 (7)0.0265 (6)0.0000 (4)0.0003 (4)0.0071 (5)
Si60.0249 (6)0.0262 (7)0.0289 (6)0.0011 (4)0.0008 (4)0.0092 (5)
Si70.0288 (6)0.0282 (7)0.0255 (6)0.0018 (5)0.0003 (4)0.0100 (5)
Si100.0381 (6)0.0339 (7)0.0299 (7)0.0019 (5)0.0054 (5)0.0121 (6)
O10.0259 (13)0.0297 (16)0.0299 (16)0.0011 (11)0.0040 (11)0.0109 (13)
O20.0314 (14)0.0292 (16)0.0251 (15)0.0019 (11)0.0029 (11)0.0077 (13)
O30.0302 (14)0.0290 (16)0.0285 (16)0.0020 (11)0.0030 (11)0.0099 (13)
O40.0277 (14)0.0351 (17)0.0269 (16)0.0020 (11)0.0014 (10)0.0117 (13)
O50.0243 (14)0.0428 (18)0.0299 (16)0.0016 (12)0.0017 (11)0.0063 (14)
O60.0254 (14)0.0349 (17)0.0355 (16)0.0021 (11)0.0028 (11)0.0156 (14)
O70.0386 (16)0.0414 (19)0.0284 (16)0.0042 (13)0.0012 (12)0.0126 (14)
O80.0301 (14)0.0330 (17)0.0291 (16)0.0004 (11)0.0045 (11)0.0053 (13)
O90.0286 (14)0.0298 (17)0.0369 (17)0.0027 (11)0.0014 (11)0.0150 (13)
O100.0396 (15)0.0263 (16)0.0289 (16)0.0031 (12)0.0009 (11)0.0109 (13)
O110.0341 (14)0.0269 (16)0.0234 (15)0.0040 (11)0.0039 (11)0.0038 (12)
C100.029 (2)0.028 (2)0.034 (2)0.0025 (17)0.0022 (17)0.009 (2)
C110.034 (2)0.051 (3)0.038 (3)0.007 (2)0.0035 (18)0.010 (2)
C120.032 (2)0.050 (3)0.053 (3)0.008 (2)0.003 (2)0.014 (2)
C130.037 (2)0.042 (3)0.045 (3)0.005 (2)0.0106 (19)0.005 (2)
C140.036 (2)0.037 (3)0.034 (3)0.0024 (18)0.0003 (18)0.005 (2)
C200.028 (2)0.032 (2)0.033 (2)0.0010 (17)0.0020 (16)0.008 (2)
C210.032 (2)0.044 (3)0.046 (3)0.0079 (19)0.0016 (18)0.020 (2)
C220.038 (3)0.050 (3)0.064 (3)0.010 (2)0.001 (2)0.021 (3)
C230.040 (3)0.125 (6)0.103 (5)0.037 (3)0.031 (3)0.076 (4)
C240.035 (2)0.060 (3)0.052 (3)0.012 (2)0.013 (2)0.027 (3)
C300.036 (2)0.031 (3)0.032 (2)0.0031 (18)0.0028 (17)0.010 (2)
C310.059 (3)0.044 (3)0.028 (3)0.002 (2)0.001 (2)0.015 (2)
C320.053 (3)0.050 (3)0.047 (3)0.012 (2)0.004 (2)0.027 (3)
C330.045 (3)0.082 (4)0.081 (4)0.016 (3)0.013 (3)0.048 (3)
C340.049 (3)0.060 (4)0.055 (3)0.012 (2)0.023 (2)0.029 (3)
C400.029 (2)0.032 (3)0.029 (2)0.0026 (17)0.0023 (16)0.010 (2)
C410.037 (2)0.039 (3)0.049 (3)0.0053 (19)0.0091 (19)0.014 (2)
C420.069 (3)0.066 (4)0.065 (4)0.004 (3)0.027 (3)0.032 (3)
C430.051 (3)0.056 (4)0.053 (3)0.000 (2)0.023 (2)0.012 (3)
C440.041 (2)0.040 (3)0.044 (3)0.001 (2)0.010 (2)0.005 (2)
C500.039 (2)0.026 (2)0.032 (2)0.0014 (18)0.0006 (17)0.004 (2)
C510.051 (3)0.035 (3)0.061 (3)0.003 (2)0.003 (2)0.029 (3)
C530.067 (3)0.063 (4)0.078 (4)0.028 (3)0.015 (3)0.040 (3)
C540.044 (3)0.037 (3)0.059 (3)0.011 (2)0.014 (2)0.011 (2)
C600.031 (2)0.026 (2)0.029 (2)0.0005 (17)0.0007 (16)0.0046 (19)
C610.029 (2)0.033 (3)0.042 (3)0.0007 (17)0.0024 (17)0.009 (2)
C620.037 (3)0.047 (3)0.059 (3)0.001 (2)0.010 (2)0.020 (3)
C630.049 (3)0.045 (3)0.048 (3)0.007 (2)0.009 (2)0.023 (2)
C640.034 (2)0.034 (3)0.046 (3)0.0008 (18)0.0008 (18)0.012 (2)
C700.034 (2)0.027 (2)0.030 (2)0.0042 (17)0.0042 (17)0.0064 (19)
C710.041 (2)0.040 (3)0.049 (3)0.002 (2)0.005 (2)0.019 (2)
C720.043 (3)0.081 (4)0.076 (4)0.019 (3)0.007 (2)0.038 (3)
C730.031 (3)0.080 (4)0.118 (5)0.004 (2)0.010 (3)0.054 (4)
C740.036 (2)0.037 (3)0.055 (3)0.0025 (19)0.005 (2)0.020 (2)
C1000.037 (2)0.038 (3)0.036 (3)0.0032 (19)0.0054 (18)0.008 (2)
C1010.057 (3)0.063 (4)0.033 (3)0.004 (2)0.003 (2)0.015 (2)
C1020.057 (3)0.046 (3)0.061 (3)0.004 (2)0.009 (2)0.025 (3)
C1030.046 (3)0.076 (4)0.046 (3)0.001 (2)0.000 (2)0.006 (3)
C1040.047 (3)0.057 (3)0.058 (3)0.010 (2)0.014 (2)0.015 (3)
C1050.049 (3)0.058 (4)0.064 (4)0.009 (2)0.007 (2)0.026 (3)
Geometric parameters (Å, º) top
Si1—O11.629 (3)C13—C141.540 (5)
Si1—O31.632 (3)C20—C211.531 (5)
Si1—O51.613 (3)C20—C241.544 (5)
Si1—C101.826 (4)C21—C221.537 (5)
Si2—O11.636 (3)C22—C231.476 (6)
Si2—O21.626 (3)C23—C241.518 (6)
Si2—O61.617 (2)C30—C311.540 (6)
Si2—C201.828 (4)C30—C341.558 (5)
Si3—O21.634 (3)C31—C321.518 (5)
Si3—O31.635 (3)C32—C331.506 (6)
Si3—O41.619 (2)C33—C341.489 (6)
Si3—C301.825 (4)C40—C441.516 (5)
Si4—O41.630 (2)C40—C411.541 (5)
Si4—O81.618 (3)C41—C421.523 (6)
Si4—O91.621 (3)C42—C431.514 (7)
Si4—C401.839 (4)C43—C441.525 (6)
Si5—O51.622 (2)C50—C541.558 (5)
Si5—O81.613 (3)C50—C511.575 (5)
Si5—O101.611 (3)C51—C561.526 (14)
Si5—C501.823 (4)C51—C521.555 (7)
Si6—O61.624 (2)C52—C531.465 (7)
Si6—O91.624 (3)C56—C531.451 (14)
Si6—O111.609 (3)C53—C541.534 (6)
Si6—C601.828 (4)C60—C641.556 (5)
Si7—O71.590 (3)C60—C611.562 (5)
Si7—O101.618 (3)C61—C621.510 (5)
Si7—O111.625 (3)C62—C631.504 (6)
Si7—C701.833 (4)C63—C641.508 (5)
Si10—O71.634 (3)C70—C741.531 (5)
Si10—C1011.842 (4)C70—C711.542 (5)
Si10—C1021.851 (5)C71—C721.536 (6)
Si10—C1001.865 (4)C72—C731.460 (6)
C10—C141.533 (5)C73—C741.517 (6)
C10—C111.535 (5)C100—C1051.531 (6)
C11—C121.538 (5)C100—C1041.541 (6)
C12—C131.539 (6)C100—C1031.545 (6)
O1—Si1—O3106.48 (14)C14—C10—C11102.5 (3)
O1—Si1—O5109.47 (14)C14—C10—Si1116.1 (3)
O3—Si1—O5108.77 (13)C11—C10—Si1116.5 (3)
O5—Si1—C10109.18 (16)C10—C11—C12104.0 (3)
O1—Si1—C10112.20 (16)C11—C12—C13106.9 (3)
O3—Si1—C10110.65 (16)C12—C13—C14105.3 (3)
O1—Si2—O2106.68 (14)C10—C14—C13105.3 (3)
O1—Si2—O6108.78 (14)C21—C20—C24103.9 (3)
O2—Si2—O6108.67 (13)C21—C20—Si2116.9 (3)
O6—Si2—C20111.45 (16)C24—C20—Si2113.5 (3)
O2—Si2—C20109.41 (16)C20—C21—C22104.5 (3)
O1—Si2—C20111.70 (16)C23—C22—C21106.4 (4)
O2—Si3—O3106.40 (13)C22—C23—C24109.2 (4)
O2—Si3—O4108.37 (13)C23—C24—C20105.1 (4)
O3—Si3—O4109.18 (14)C31—C30—C34104.8 (3)
O4—Si3—C30111.26 (16)C31—C30—Si3113.6 (3)
O2—Si3—C30111.62 (16)C34—C30—Si3112.4 (3)
O3—Si3—C30109.87 (17)C32—C31—C30104.7 (3)
O4—Si4—O8108.75 (13)C33—C32—C31102.9 (4)
O4—Si4—O9108.90 (14)C34—C33—C32105.4 (4)
O8—Si4—O9108.71 (14)C33—C34—C30106.0 (4)
O8—Si4—C40109.71 (16)C44—C40—C41102.9 (3)
O9—Si4—C40112.27 (15)C44—C40—Si4117.1 (3)
O4—Si4—C40108.44 (15)C41—C40—Si4113.2 (2)
O5—Si5—O8109.46 (14)C42—C41—C40106.3 (3)
O5—Si5—O10108.01 (14)C43—C42—C41106.6 (4)
O8—Si5—O10109.08 (14)C42—C43—C44104.2 (4)
O10—Si5—C50110.42 (16)C40—C44—C43103.5 (4)
O8—Si5—C50108.56 (17)C54—C50—C51104.9 (3)
O5—Si5—C50111.29 (16)C54—C50—Si5113.5 (3)
O6—Si6—O9110.35 (13)C51—C50—Si5113.0 (3)
O6—Si6—O11107.92 (13)C56—C51—C50105.7 (7)
O9—Si6—O11109.20 (14)C52—C51—C50100.9 (4)
O11—Si6—C60109.47 (16)C53—C52—C51107.0 (5)
O6—Si6—C60109.12 (16)C53—C56—C51109.3 (10)
O9—Si6—C60110.73 (16)C56—C53—C54106.6 (8)
O7—Si7—O10107.89 (15)C52—C53—C54105.4 (4)
O7—Si7—O11109.41 (15)C53—C54—C50107.2 (3)
O10—Si7—O11109.48 (14)C64—C60—C61104.1 (3)
O7—Si7—C70109.87 (16)C64—C60—Si6112.3 (3)
O10—Si7—C70109.43 (16)C61—C60—Si6113.7 (3)
O11—Si7—C70110.72 (16)C62—C61—C60106.4 (3)
O7—Si10—C101107.15 (18)C63—C62—C61103.6 (3)
O7—Si10—C102107.87 (18)C62—C63—C64104.0 (3)
C101—Si10—C102109.0 (2)C63—C64—C60104.9 (3)
O7—Si10—C100109.04 (17)C74—C70—C71104.1 (3)
C101—Si10—C100112.0 (2)C74—C70—Si7116.9 (3)
C102—Si10—C100111.6 (2)C71—C70—Si7116.2 (3)
Si1—O1—Si2129.99 (16)C72—C71—C70105.5 (4)
Si1—O3—Si3130.97 (17)C73—C72—C71107.2 (4)
Si1—O5—Si5146.39 (17)C72—C73—C74107.5 (4)
Si2—O2—Si3130.55 (17)C73—C74—C70102.8 (3)
Si2—O6—Si6148.56 (18)C105—C100—C104109.0 (4)
Si3—O4—Si4136.23 (16)C105—C100—C103108.4 (4)
Si7—O7—Si10160.06 (19)C104—C100—C103108.5 (4)
Si4—O8—Si5155.73 (18)C105—C100—Si10110.4 (3)
Si4—O9—Si6144.47 (17)C104—C100—Si10110.5 (3)
Si5—O10—Si7144.31 (18)C103—C100—Si10110.1 (3)
Si6—O11—Si7156.54 (18)

Experimental details

Crystal data
Chemical formulaC41H78O11Si8
Mr971.75
Crystal system, space groupTriclinic, P1
Temperature (K)150
a, b, c (Å)11.9992 (8), 14.6230 (9), 15.0146 (13)
α, β, γ (°)75.182 (3), 89.959 (3), 89.793 (2)
V3)2546.9 (3)
Z2
Radiation typeMo Kα
µ (mm1)0.26
Crystal size (mm)0.25 × 0.10 × 0.08
Data collection
DiffractometerNonius kappaCCD area-detector
diffractometer
Absorption correctionMulti-scan
(SORTAV; Blessing, 1995)
Tmin, Tmax0.87, 0.99
No. of measured, independent and
observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections
195409, 9603, 5603
Rint0.070
(sin θ/λ)max1)0.617
Refinement
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S 0.060, 0.163, 1.00
No. of reflections9603
No. of parameters541
No. of restraints2
H-atom treatmentH-atom parameters constrained
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å3)0.47, 0.38

Computer programs: DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) and COLLECT (Nonius, 1999), DENZO and COLLECT, SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 1990), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997), SHELXTL (Bruker, 1997), SHELXL97 and PLATON (Spek, 2000).

Selected geometric parameters (Å, º) top
Si1—O11.629 (3)Si4—O91.621 (3)
Si1—O31.632 (3)Si5—O51.622 (2)
Si1—O51.613 (3)Si5—O81.613 (3)
Si2—O11.636 (3)Si5—O101.611 (3)
Si2—O21.626 (3)Si6—O61.624 (2)
Si2—O61.617 (2)Si6—O91.624 (3)
Si3—O21.634 (3)Si6—O111.609 (3)
Si3—O31.635 (3)Si7—O71.590 (3)
Si3—O41.619 (2)Si7—O101.618 (3)
Si4—O41.630 (2)Si7—O111.625 (3)
Si4—O81.618 (3)Si10—O71.634 (3)
O1—Si1—O3106.48 (14)O6—Si6—O11107.92 (13)
O1—Si1—O5109.47 (14)O9—Si6—O11109.20 (14)
O3—Si1—O5108.77 (13)O7—Si7—O10107.89 (15)
O1—Si2—O2106.68 (14)O7—Si7—O11109.41 (15)
O1—Si2—O6108.78 (14)O10—Si7—O11109.48 (14)
O2—Si2—O6108.67 (13)Si1—O1—Si2129.99 (16)
O2—Si3—O3106.40 (13)Si1—O3—Si3130.97 (17)
O2—Si3—O4108.37 (13)Si1—O5—Si5146.39 (17)
O3—Si3—O4109.18 (14)Si2—O2—Si3130.55 (17)
O4—Si4—O8108.75 (13)Si2—O6—Si6148.56 (18)
O4—Si4—O9108.90 (14)Si3—O4—Si4136.23 (16)
O8—Si4—O9108.71 (14)Si7—O7—Si10160.06 (19)
O5—Si5—O8109.46 (14)Si4—O8—Si5155.73 (18)
O5—Si5—O10108.01 (14)Si4—O9—Si6144.47 (17)
O8—Si5—O10109.08 (14)Si5—O10—Si7144.31 (18)
O6—Si6—O9110.35 (13)Si6—O11—Si7156.54 (18)
 

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