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?-Bond Electron Delocalization in Oligosilanes as Function of Substitution Pattern, Chain Length, and Spatial Orientation.

ABSTRACT: Polysilanes are known to exhibit the interesting property of ?-bond electron delocalization. By employing optical spectroscopy (UV-vis), it is possible to judge the degree of delocalization and also differentiate parts of the molecules which are conjugated or not. The current study compares oligosilanes of similar chain length but different substitution pattern. The size of the substituents determines the spatial orientation of the main chain and also controls the conformational flexibility. The chemical nature of the substituents affects the orbital energies of the molecules and thus the positions of the absorption bands.

SUBMITTER: Hlina J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6273834 | biostudies-other | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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σ-Bond Electron Delocalization in Oligosilanes as Function of Substitution Pattern, Chain Length, and Spatial Orientation.

Hlina Johann J Stella Filippo F Aghazadeh Meshgi Mohammad M Marschner Christoph C Baumgartner Judith J

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20160818 8

Polysilanes are known to exhibit the interesting property of σ-bond electron delocalization. By employing optical spectroscopy (UV-vis), it is possible to judge the degree of delocalization and also differentiate parts of the molecules which are conjugated or not. The current study compares oligosilanes of similar chain length but different substitution pattern. The size of the substituents determines the spatial orientation of the main chain and also controls the conformational flexibility. The ...[more]

PMID: 27548126

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