Die Bindungsverhältnisse in schweren Analoga des Cyanwasserstoffs: der merkwürdige Fall des HPSi

Bonding in the heavy analogue of hydrogen cyanide: the curious case of bridged HPSi.

The bonding of firstand second-row elements differ dramatically. The simplest unsaturated silicon hydrides Si2H2 and Si2H4 exhibit quite unusual geometries [1] compared to the analogous hydrocarbon molecules. For example, the most stable form of Si2H2 is nonplanar with C2v symmetry and two bridging H atoms, in sharp contrast to linear acetylene, HC! CH. Phosphorus and nitrogen share many of the same bonding characteristics, but P prefers single over multiple bonds. For these reasons, it may be difficult to predict the most stable isomeric arrangement, even for a small molecule with a single Por Si atom and especially when it contains both. Silicon–phosphorus bonds are important in materials…