Abstract
Ab initio SCFMO calculations have been carried out on the structure and stability of silyl-methyl anion and -ethyl anion. Our results show that SiH 3 and CH 3 as substituents effect the geometry of CH 2 − very little but SiH 3 stabilizes CH 2 − by about 50 kcal mol −1 compared to CH 3, using the neutral RCH 3 molecules as standard.
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