Darstellung und Kristallstruktur von Tetrakis(pentafluorphenylamino)silan

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Tetrakis(pentafluorophenylamino)silane Colourless single-crystals of Tetrakis(pentafluorophenylamino) silane were obtained from the reaction of SiCl₄ with monolithiated pentafluoroaniline at low temperatures. The aminosilane has been characterized by various spectroscopic methods and its crystal structure has been determined by x-ray diffraction (for details see “Inhaltsübersicht”). Thermal condensation has not been achieved. However, reaction of silicon(IV)-chloride with pentafluoroaniline in the presence of triethylamine yielded the respective tricyclosilazane.     

Sterically Active Electron Pairs in Lead Sulfide? An Investigation of the Electronic and Vibrational Properties of PbS in the Transition Region Between the Rock Salt and the α-GeTe-Type Modifications

Recently, we have investigated the energy landscape of PbS for many different pressures on the ab initio level by using Hartree-Fock and density functional theory to globally search for possible thermodynamically stable and metastable structures. The perhaps most fascinating observation was that besides the experimentally known modification exhibiting the rock salt structure a second minimum exists close-by on the landscape showing the low-temperature α-GeTe-type structure. In the present study, we investigate the possible reasons for the existence of this metastable modification; in particular we address the question, whether the α-GeTe-type modification might be stabilized (and conversely the rock salt modification destabilized) by steric effects of the non-bonding electron pair.