title: Heats of formation and bond dissociation energies of the halosilanes, methylhalosilanes, and halomethylsilanes.
abstract: Atomization energies at 0 K and heats of formation at 0 and 298 K are predicted for SiH(3)X, SiH(2)XCH(3), and SiH(3)CH(2)X with X = F, Cl, Br, and I from coupled cluster theory (CCSD(T)) calculations with effective core potential correlation-consistent basis sets for Br and I. To achieve near chemical accuracy (+/-1 kcal/mol), three corrections were added to the complete basis set binding energies based on frozen core coupled cluster theory energies: a correction for core-valence effects, a correction for scalar relativistic effects, and a correction for first order atomic spin-orbit effects. Vibrational zero point energies were computed at the CCSD(T) level of theory and the C-H and Si-H stretches scaled to experiment. The C-H, Si-H, Si-C, C-X, and Si-X (X = F, Cl, Br, and I) bond dissociation energies (BDEs) in the halosilanes, halomethysilanes, and methylhalosilanes were predicted. Except for methyliodosilane, methyl substitution leads to an increase in Si-X BDE when compared to the Si-X BDE in the halosilanes. Except for methyliodosilane, halide substitution leads to an increase in the Si-C BDE in comparison to the Si-C BDE in methylsilane of 86.9 kcal/mol at 0 K. Unlike the methylhalosilanes, the halomethylsilanes all show a decrease in the Si-C BDE when compared to the Si-C BDE in methylsilane. The trends correlate with the electronegativity of the substituent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall, Box 870336, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Dixon