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Reply to Comment on “Disproving a Silicon Analog of an Alkyne with the Aid of Topological Analyses of the Electronic Structure and Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Calculations”
Author(s) -
Pignedoli Carlo A.,
Curioni Alessandro,
Andreoni Wanda
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200600025
Subject(s) - alkyne , silicon , bond order , triple bond , chemical bond , ab initio , computational chemistry , quantum chemical , bond , chemistry , chemical physics , materials science , bond length , topology (electrical circuits) , nanotechnology , molecule , double bond , organic chemistry , catalysis , finance , mathematics , combinatorics , economics
Bond order of a silicon–silicon bond (2) : Quantum chemical analysis of the central Si–Si bond in a recently synthesized compound, which was claimed to be the first stable silicon analog of an alkyne, led to the conclusion: the central SiSi bond cannot be classified as a triple bond (see picture).
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