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Si 6 H 6 : Is the Aromatic Structure the Most Stable One?
Author(s) -
Sax Alexander,
Janoschek Rudolf
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.198606511
Subject(s) - benzene , carbon fibers , chemistry , computational chemistry , resonance (particle physics) , crystallography , materials science , atomic physics , physics , organic chemistry , composite number , composite material
No! Calculations of the relative stabilities of Si 6 H 6 isomers give a completely different picture from what one is used to in carbon chemistry. Hexasilaprismane 1 is markedly more stable than hexasilabenzene 2 , although the resonance energy of the π‐electron system of 2 is only about 30% less than that of benzene.