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The photolysis of octaisopropylcyclotetrasilane; evidence for the formation of hexaisopropylcyclotrisilane and tetraisopropyldisilene
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1984
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Organic Material ChemistryChemical EngineeringλMax320 NmEngineeringPhotochemistryBiochemistryNatural SciencesMechanistic PhotochemistrySynthetic PhotochemistryOrganic ChemistryChemistryHydrocarbon SolventOrganometallic PolymerPhotochromism
Irradiation of octaisopropylcyclotetrasilane (1) in a hydrocarbon solvent successively afforded hexaisopropylcyclotrisilane [Pri2Si]3(2)(λmax320 nm) and tetraisopropyldisilene [Pri2SiSiPri2](3)(λmax 400 nm) with extrusion of di-isopropylsilanediyl (4).