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Nature Of The Si-N Bond In Silatranes, Mark S. Gordon, Marshall T. Carroll, Jan H. Jensen, Larry P. Davis, Larry W. Burggraf, R. Martin Guidry
Nature Of The Si-N Bond In Silatranes, Mark S. Gordon, Marshall T. Carroll, Jan H. Jensen, Larry P. Davis, Larry W. Burggraf, R. Martin Guidry
Mark S. Gordon
Both ab initio and semiempirical calculations are used to investigate the structure and bonding in substituted silatranes. In agreement with gas-phase experiments, which fmd Si-N distances that are 0.25-0.35 A longer than those in the crystal phase, the Si-N distance (for example, in methylsilatrane) is predicted to be much larger than that observed in the crystal. Nonetheless, a bond critical point is found between Si and N, suggesting the existence of an Si-N bond in these compounds. It is found that the energy cost for constraining the Si-N distance in hydroxysilatrane to a value similar to that observed in the …
A New Twist On Pseudorotation, Theresa L. Windus, Mark S. Gordon, Larry W. Burggraf, Larry P. Davis
A New Twist On Pseudorotation, Theresa L. Windus, Mark S. Gordon, Larry W. Burggraf, Larry P. Davis
Mark S. Gordon
For pentacoordinated structures in a trigonal bipyramidal ar· rangement, Berry1 proposed a "pseudorotation" mechanism whereby two such isomers can interconvert through a tetragonal transition state (TS). This Berry pseudorotation mechanism was demonstrated explicitly for SiH5- by following the MP22/6· 31G(d)3 minimum energy path4 (MEP).