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Cover Feature: A One‐Step Germole to Silole Transformation and a Stable Isomer of a Disilabenzene (Chem. Eur. J. 4/2018)
Author(s) -
Reinhold Crispin R. W.,
Dong Zhaowen,
Winkler Jan M.,
Steinert Henning,
Schmidtmann Marc,
Müller Thomas
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201704980
Subject(s) - electron delocalization , delocalized electron , cover (algebra) , chemistry , atom (system on chip) , bch code , transformation (genetics) , computational chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , computer science , organic chemistry , parallel computing , algorithm , decoding methods , engineering , gene , mechanical engineering , biochemistry
An unprecedented germole to silole transformation opened the way for the synthesis of novel silylenes based on a bicyclohexene skeleton, so‐called BCH silylenes. The astonishing stability of BCH silylenes results from homoconjugation between the dicoordinated Si atom and a remote C=C bond. This stabilization is more efficient than conventional electron delocalization, indicated by the fact that BCH silylenes are stable derivatives of the global minimum of the C 4 Si 2 H 6 potential energy surface. More information can be found in the Full Paper by T. Müller et al. on page 848.