Schwabedissen, Jan, Lane, Paul D., Masters, Sarah L. et al. (2 more authors) (2014) Gas-phase structures of sterically crowded disilanes studied by electron diffraction and quantum chemical methods:1,1,2,2-tetrakis(trimethylsilyl) disilane and 1,1,2,2-tetrakis(trimethylsilyl)dimethyldisilane. Dalton Transactions. pp. 10175-10182. ISSN 1477-9226
Abstract
The gas-phase structures of the disilanes 1,1,2,2-tetrakis(trimethylsilyl) disilane [(Me3Si)2HSiSiH(SiMe3)2] (1) and 1,1,2,2-tetrakis(trimethylsilyl)dimethyldisilane [(Me 3Si)2MeSiSiMe(SiMe3)2] (2) have been determined by density functional theoretical calculations and by gas electron diffraction (GED) employing the SARACEN method. For each of 1 and 2 DFT calculations revealed four C2-symmetric conformers occupying minima on the respective potential-energy surfaces; three conformers were estimated to be present in sufficient quantities to be taken into account when fitting the GED data. For (Me3Si)2RSiSiR(SiMe3)2 [R = H (1), CH3 (2)] the lowest energy conformers were found by GED to have RSiSiR dihedral angles of 87.7(17)° for 1 and -47.0(6)° for 2. For each of 1 and 2 the presence of bulky and flexible trimethylsilyl groups dictates many aspects of the geometric structures in the gas phase, with the molecules often adopting structures that reduce steric strain.
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Chemistry (York) The University of York |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EPSRC EP/I004122/2 |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 03 Feb 2016 17:02 |
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Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1039/c4dt00628c |
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Identification Number: | 10.1039/c4dt00628c |
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