The molecular structure and the puckering potential function of octamethylcyclotetrasilane, Si4Me8, determined by gas electron diffraction and ab initio calculations
Abstract:
The structural parameters, the barrier of inversion and the equilibrium puckering angle of Si4Me8 were determined using a dynamic model (V0 = 1.0±0.5 kcal mol–1, ϕe = 28.3±1.9°).