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Predicted Enthalpies of Formation for Methyl-Substituted Silaethylenes and Disilenes
Journal of Physical Chemistry (1991)
  • Jerry A. Boatz
  • Mark S. Gordon
Abstract

Enthalpies of formation of the methyl-substituted silaethylenes (CH3).H2_,Si=CH2 (n = 1, 2) and disilenes (CH3),.H~i=Si(CH3),H:~-m (n, m = Q-2) are predicted by using isodesmic reactions which relate the compound of interest to the parent silaethylene (H2Si=CH2) or disilene (H~i=SiH2), for which accurate enthalpies of formation have recently been determined. In turn, the enthalpies of formation of these methyl-substituted compounds are used in conjunction with homodesmic reactions to reevaluate the enthalpies of formation of the silicon-substituted cyclobutenes C.Si4-0H6 (n = Q-4).

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Publication Date
September, 1991
Publisher Statement
Reprinted (adapted) with permission from Journal of Physical Chemistry 95 (1991): 7244, doi:10.1021/j100172a028. Copyright 1991 American Chemical Society.
Citation Information
Jerry A. Boatz and Mark S. Gordon. "Predicted Enthalpies of Formation for Methyl-Substituted Silaethylenes and Disilenes" Journal of Physical Chemistry Vol. 95 Iss. 19 (1991)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mark_gordon/108/