The (p-d) .pi. bonding in fluorosilanes? Gas-phase structures of (CH3)4-nSiFn with n = 1-3 and of (tert-Bu)2SiF2
The (p-d) .pi. bonding in fluorosilanes? Gas-phase structures of (CH3)4-nSiFn with n = 1-3 and of (tert-Bu)2SiF2
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(p-d) .pi。
DOI:
10.1021/ja00274a006
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发表时间:
1986
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
N. Auner
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作者:
B. Rempfer;H. Oberhammer;N. Auner
Thegas-phase structures (rg values) of the methylfluorosilanes (CH3) 4_ „SiF „with= 1-3 and of di-ierz-butyl-difluorosilane,?-Bu2SiF2, have been determined by electron diffraction. In the case of CH3SiF3 the microwave rotational constant was included in the structure analysis. In the methylfluorosilane series a steady decrease of Si-F and Si-C bond lengths is observed with increasing fluorination: Si-F= 1.600 (2), 1.586 (2), and 1.570 (2) Á and Si-C= 1.848 (2), 1.836 (2), and 1.828 (4) Á for (CH3) 3SiF,(CH3) 2SiF2, and CH3SiF3, respectively. These trends are rationalized by increasing polar contributions and contraction of the silicon valence shell. Ab initio calculations for SiF4 indicate that (pd) bonding is negligible. Substitution of the methyl groups in (CH3) 2SiF2 by tert-butyl groups leads to lengtheningof Si-F and Si-C bonds and strong variations in the silicon bond angles: Si-F= 1.586 (2), 1.606 (4) A; Si-C= 1.836 (2), 1.869 (3) A; CSiC= 116.7 (6), 125.5 (11); and FSiF= 104.6 (4), 97.7 (8) in (CH3) 2SiF2 and Z-Bu2SiF2, respectively.The bonding properties in silicon compounds have attracted considerable interest for many years, because some properties of these compounds differ strongly from those of analogous carbon or germanium derivatives. Among these properties are structural features such as experimental Si-X bond lengths (see Table I), which are always shorter than the sum of the respective covalent radii. If polar effects due to electronegativity differences are taken into account, as suggested by Schomaker-Stevenson, 6 the prediction for the Si-C bond is very close to the experimental value, but Si-X bonds with more electronegative atoms X are still predicted tobe too long. The difference increases monotonically