title: Tetramesityldisilene, a stable compound containing a silicon-silicon double bond.
abstract: Irradiation of 2,2-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)hexamethyltrisilane in hydrocarbon solution produces tetramesityldisilene, which can be isolated as a yellow-orange solid stable to room temperature and above in the absence of air. Like the olefins of carbon chemistry, tetramesityldisilene undergoes addition reactions across the silicon-silicon double bond.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Fink
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Michl