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The Si-Si effect on ionization of beta-disilanyl sulfides and selenides
Richard S Glass1, Eric Block, Edward Lorance
1Department of Chemistry, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA. rglass@u.arizona.edu
Abstract:
The ionization energies of conformationally constrained, newly synthesized beta-disilanyl sulfides and selenides were determined by photoelectron spectroscopy. These ionization energies reflect substantial (0.53-0.75 eV) orbital destabilizations. The basis for these destabilizations was investigated by theoretical calculations, which reveal geometry-dependent interaction between sulfur or selenium lone pair orbitals and sigma-orbitals, especially Si-Si sigma-orbitals. These results presage facile redox chemistry for these compounds and significantly extend the concept of sigma-stabilization of electron-deficient centers.
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