Abstract
The reaction of sodium hydro-tris(phenylthioimidazolyl) borate (NaTmPh) with silicon tetraiodide gives rise to the first crystallographically characterised molecular silicon compounds, [Si(TmPh)2] 2X (X = I– and I3–), in which the silicon is found in a regular S6 environment. The [Si(TmPh)2]2+ cation is subjected to analysis using DFT methods to explain why an S6 coordination motif is preferred to an S4 coordination motif.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2552-2555 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry |
| Volume | 2016 |
| Issue number | 15-16 |
| Early online date | 1 Mar 2016 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 10 Jun 2016 |
Keywords
- silicon
- scorpionates
- sulfur donor
- structure elucidation
- density functional calculations
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Marckwordt, A., Rajasekharan‐Nair, R., Steel, G., Kennedy, A. R., Reglinski, J., & Spicer, M. D. (2016). The first structurally characterised example of silicon in an S6 coordination sphere. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2016(15-16), 2552-2555. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201501269