UV-photoelectron spectroscopy of a tetrakis(trimethylsilyl)tetrahedrane and its pentafluorophenyl derivative

Anna Chrostowska (1) , Alain Dargelos (1) , Patrick Baylère (1) , Alain Graciaa (2) , Yusuke Inagaki (3) , Masaaki Nakamoto (3) , Vladimir Ya Lee (3) , Akira Sekiguchi (3)

1 IPREM - Institut pluridisciplinaire de recherche sur l'environnement et les matériaux
2 LFCR - Laboratoire des Fluides Complexes et leurs Réservoirs
3 Department of Chemisty

Strained cages: UV-photoelectron spectroscopy studies of tetrakis(trimethylsilyl)tetrahedrane and its pentafluorophenyl derivative (see figure) demonstrate the effectiveness of the neutral hyperconjugation in the latter, which was initially proposed on the basis of electronic spectra and computational data.

Mots clés: cage compounds; photoelectron spectroscopy; quantum chemistry; strained molecules; tetrahedranes

Domaines: Chimie-Physique [physics.chem-ph]

Anna Chrostowska, Alain Dargelos, Patrick Baylère, Alain Graciaa, Yusuke Inagaki, et al.. UV-photoelectron spectroscopy of a tetrakis(trimethylsilyl)tetrahedrane and its pentafluorophenyl derivative. ChemPlusChem, 2013, 78 (5), pp.398-401. ⟨10.1002/cplu.201300044⟩. ⟨hal-00854642⟩