The molecular structure and the puckering potential function of octamethylcyclotetrasilane, Si4Me8, determined by gas electron diffraction and ab initio calculations
Abstract
The structural parameters, the barrier of inversion and the equilibrium puckering angle of Si4Me8 were determined using a dynamic model (V0 = 1.0±0.5 kcal mol–1, ϕe = 28.3±1.9°).