1, 2, 4, 5-Tetrakis (trimethylsilylmethyl) benzene at 150K

N Nagel, M Ansari, H Bock

Index: Nagel, Norbert; Ansari, Manssur; Bock, Hans Acta Crystallographica Section C: Crystal Structure Communications, 1997 , vol. 53, # 9 p. 1329 - 1331

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Abstract

The title compound, C22H46Si4, crystallizes in space group Fddd with crystallogrphic symmetry 222. Steric overcrowding by the bulky ligands is avoided by arranging the trimethylsilyl groups alternately above and below the benzene plane in skeletal D2 symmetry.