Thermal Equilibrium between a Lattice-Framework
Disilene and the Corresponding Silylene

Tsutsui, Shinobu; Tanaka, Hiromasa; Kwon, Eunsang; Matsumoto, Shigeki; Sakamoto, Kenkichi

doi:10.1021/om049306v.s002

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Thermal Equilibrium between a Lattice-Framework Disilene and the Corresponding Silylene

journal contribution

posted on 2004-11-22, 00:00 authored by Shinobu Tsutsui, Hiromasa Tanaka, Eunsang Kwon, Shigeki Matsumoto, Kenkichi Sakamoto

The existence of the thermal equilibrium between 2,3,4,6,7,8,2‘,3‘,4‘,6‘,7‘,8‘-dodeca-tert-butyl[5,5‘]bi{1,5-disilatricyclo[4.2.0.0^1,4]octylidene}-2,7,2‘,7‘-tetraene and the corresponding silylene was revealed by trapping experiments. The equilibrium was investigated by DFT calculations.