An ionic compound, LiN((CH3)3Si)2 is commercially available and can be synthesised by deprotonation of ((CH3)3Si)2NH with C4H9Li. Draw an orbital diagram and a sketch to show the overlap of orbitals that produce the bonding in ((CH3)3Si)2N− anion and predict whether the Si−N−Si bond angle in the ((CH3)3Si)2N− anion is larger than, equal to or smaller than 109.5. explain

An ionic compound, LiN((CH3)3Si)2 is commercially available and can be synthesised by deprotonation of ((CH3)3Si)2NH with C4H9Li. Draw an orbital diagram and a sketch to show the overlap of orbitals that produce the bonding in ((CH3)3Si)2N− anion and predict whether the Si−N−Si bond angle in the ((CH3)3Si)2N− anion is larger than, equal to or smaller than 109.5. explain

Organic Chemistry

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Author:William H. Brown, Brent L. Iverson, Eric Anslyn, Christopher S. Foote

Publisher:William H. Brown, Brent L. Iverson, Eric Anslyn, Christopher S. Foote

Chapter1: Covalent Bonding And Shapes Of Molecules

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