Chemical Bonding in Silicon Carbonyl Complexes.

ABSTRACT: Although silylene-carbonyl complexes are known for decades, only recently isolable examples have been accomplished. In this work, the bonding situation is re-evaluated to explain the origins of their remarkable stability within the Kohn-Sham molecular orbital theory framework. It is shown that the chemical bond can be understood as CO interaction with the silylene via a donor-acceptor interaction: a σ-donation from the σ_CO into the empty p-orbital of silicon, and a π-back donation from the sp² lone pair of silicon into the π*_CO antibonding orbitals. Notably, it was established that the driving force behind the surprisingly stable Si-CO compounds, however, is another π-back donation from a perpendicular bonding R-Si σ-orbital into the π*_CO antibon

SUBMITTER: Sergeieva T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8360033 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature