title: Supersilyl radicals from the dissociation of superdisilane observed by gas electron diffraction.
abstract: The vapour produced upon mild heating of hexa-tert-butyldisilane (superdisilane) has been studied by gas electron diffraction and ab initio molecular orbital calculations; the disilane is not observed in the vapour, and the observed radical structure is not the lowest energy structure predicted ab initio.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, UK. s.masters@ed.ac.uk
authors.forename: Sarah L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Masters
authors.forename: Duncan A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Grassie
authors.forename: Heather E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: Margit
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hölbling
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hassler