Central atom size effect on the structure of group 14 tetratolyls

Ng, MCC; Craig, DJ; Harper, JB; van Eijck, L; Stride, JA

Central atom size effect on the structure of group 14 tetratolyls

Date

2009-07-06

Authors

Publisher

Wiley-VCH Verlag Berlin

Abstract

Size matters! The structure and dynamics of the tetratolyl Group 14 elements, which were probed by using high-resolution inelastic neutron scattering spectra, show a remarkable dependence on the size of the central atom. The para-methyl groups at the periphery of the molecules constitute the frontier intermolecular interactions of increasingly larger tetrahedra, which becomes critical at the molecular radius of the Si and Ge analogues. © 2009, Wiley-VCH Verlag Berlin

Keywords

Crystallography, Atoms, Molecular dynamics method, Inelastic scattering, Silicon, Germanium

Citation

Ng, M. C. C., Craig, D. J., Harper, J. B., van Eijck, L., & Stride, J. A. (2009). Central atom size effect on the structure of group 14 tetratolyls. Chemistry - A European Journal, 15(27), 6569-6572.