Silicon, -bonding thermochemical data

From even this limited thermochemical data, it can be seen that, relative to carbon, silicon makes strong bonds to O, to F and to Cl. 

A recent analysis of thermochemical data based on relationships between enthalpies of formation and the unshielded core potential of a moiety X, V ( ), throws some light into the behavior of silicon-hydrogen bonds in methyls lanes. Consider first the case of carbon-hydrogen bonds. The enthalpy of Reaction 12, which is shown to be a linear function of V iZ ) can be expressed in terms of bond dissociation enthalpies. Equation 13. 

What type of compounds will be covered in this overview. Strictly, only compounds which have at least one metal-carbon bond (with the exception of metal carbides) are called organometaiiic. However, this definition was not adopted in this chapter because many families of compounds that are relevant in organometaiiic chemistry would not be included (e.g., alkoxides). By metal we mean any element from groups 1 (except hydrogen), 2, 3 (including lanthanides and actinides), 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 (except boron), 14 (except carbon and silicon), and 15 (antimony and bismuth only). Most of the available thermochemical data for all these species are freely available in a single on-line database the NIST Chemistry WebBook Unless stated otherwise, all the data included in this chapter were quoted from that reference. 

Silicon-carbon and silicon-nitrogen multiply bonded compounds TABLE 16. Thermochemical data for substituted silenes ... 

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