Four independent structures of a pentacoordinate silicon species at different points on the Berry pseudorotation pathway.
A new pentacoordinate silicon species containing two chelating ligands has been synthesized. The structures of four independent cations of the same compound correspond to different points on the Berry pseudorotation pathway. The percentage of square planar character varies between 19% and 40%.
Bassindale
Alan R
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Department of Chemistry and Analytical Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK. a.bassindale@open.ac.uk
Sohail
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Taylor
Peter G
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Korlyukov
Alexander A
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Arkhipov
Dmitry E
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