Structures of tetrasilylmethane derivatives (XMe2Si) 2C (SiMe3) 2 (X= H, Cl, Br) in the gas phase, and their dynamic structures in solution

…, SL Masters, AG Avent, PD Lickiss

Index: Eaborn, Colin; Lickiss, Paul D.; Najim, Sabah T.; Romanelli, M. Novella Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1986 ,  vol. 315, p. C5 - C8

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Abstract

The structures of the molecules (XMe2Si) 2C (SiMe3) 2, where X= H, Cl, Br, have been determined by gas electron diffraction (GED) using the SARACEN method of restraints, with all analogues existing in the gas phase as mixtures of C 1-and C 2-symmetric conformers.