title: all-anti-octasilane: conformation control of silicon chains using the bicyclic trisilane as a building block.
abstract: The perfect all-anti-octasilane composed of two bicyclic trisilane units with trimethylsilyl groups at the termini has been synthesized. Its X-ray crystal structure and spectroscopic data demonstrate the effective sigma-delocalization over the silicon framework, which is a definitive difference from the unconstrained n-Si8Me18.
authors.affiliation: International Research Center for Elements Science (IRCELS), Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
authors.forename: Aiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fukazawa
authors.forename: Hayato
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: Kohei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tamao