@article{00fe0613168b4d7f8efef1339ac165b1,
title = "The first structurally characterised example of silicon in an S6 coordination sphere",
abstract = "The reaction of sodium hydro-tris(phenylthioimidazolyl)borate (NaTmPh) with silicon tetraiodide gives rise to the first crystallographically characterised molecular silicon compounds, [Si(TmPh)2] 2X (X = I- and I3- ), in which the silicon is found in a regular S6 environment. The [Si(TmPh)2]2+ cation is subjected to analysis using DFT methods to explain why an S6 coordination motif is preferred to an S4 coordination motif.",
keywords = "silicon tetraiodide, silicon compounds, soft scorpionates",
author = "Annemarie Marckwordt and Rajeev Rajasekharan-Nair and Graham Steel and Kennedy, {Alan R.} and John Reglinski and Spicer, {Mark D.}",
note = "This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Marckwordt, A., Rajasekharan Nair, R., Steel, G., Kennedy, A. R., Reglinski, J., & Spicer, M. D. (2016). The first structurally characterised example of silicon in an S6 coordination sphere. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201501269. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.",
year = "2016",
month = jun,
day = "30",
doi = "10.1002/ejic.201501269",
language = "English",
volume = "2016",
pages = "2552--2555",
journal = "European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry",
issn = "1434-1948",
publisher = "Wiley-VCH Verlag",
number = "15-16",
}