Issue 30, 2010

The gas-phase structure of octaphenyloctasilsesquioxane Si8O12Ph8 and the crystal structures of Si8O12(p-tolyl)8 and Si8O12(p-ClCH2C6H4)8

Abstract

The equilibrium molecular structure of octaphenyloctasilsesquioxane Si8O12Ph8 in the gas phase has been determined by electron diffraction. It was found to have D4 point-group symmetry, with Si–O bond lengths of 1.634(15)–1.645(19) Å, and a narrow range [147.5(45)–149.8(24)°] of Si–O–Si angles. The structures of Si8O12(p-tolyl)8 and Si8O12(p-ClCH2C6H4)8 have been determined by X-ray diffraction and are found to have Si8O12 cages significantly distorted from the symmetry found for Si8O12Ph8 in the gas phase. Thus, Si–O–Si angles range between 144.2(2)–151.64(16)° for Si8O12(p-tolyl)8, and between 138.8(2)–164.2(2)° for Si8O12(p-ClCH2C6H4)8. These three structures show how much a Si8O12 cage may be distorted away from an ideal structure, free from intermolecular forces, by packing forces in a crystalline lattice.

Graphical abstract: The gas-phase structure of octaphenyloctasilsesquioxane Si8O12Ph8 and the crystal structures of Si8O12(p-tolyl)8 and Si8O12(p-ClCH2C6H4)8

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Jan 2010
Accepted
09 Apr 2010
First published
04 May 2010

Dalton Trans., 2010,39, 6960-6966

The gas-phase structure of octaphenyloctasilsesquioxane Si8O12Ph8 and the crystal structures of Si8O12(p-tolyl)8 and Si8O12(p-ClCH2C6H4)8

A. V. Zakharov, S. L. Masters, D. A. Wann, S. A. Shlykov, G. V. Girichev, S. Arrowsmith, D. B. Cordes, P. D. Lickiss and A. J. P. White, Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 6960 DOI: 10.1039/C000664E

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