Structural Data Showing the Existence of LDI Bonds between the Rings of Dimeric Cofacial Siloxysilicon...

In a pair of earlier papers, the existence of long directional interaction bonds, LDI bonds, was postulated on the basis of data for cofacial oligomeric siloxysilicon phthalocyanines from this laboratory and data for other cofacial oligomeric phthalocyanines from the literature. However, the combined data are not fully suited to the purpose for which they were used. Here an alternative approach is taken in which a carefully chosen group of dimeric cofacial siloxysilicon phthalocyanines is used. Structural data derived from these phthalocyanines is examined in some detail to determine where it conforms to normal expectations and where it does not. To a high degree of certainty, consideration of the results obtained shows that long directional (LDI) bonds exist in dimeric cofacial siloxysilicon phthalocyanines. The new data also provide an opportunity for other research on chemical bonds.