1,2-Bis[1,3-bis(2,6-di-i-propylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene]disilene

Technical Notes:
1. A stable silicon(O) compound with a Si=Si double bond.
2. Cleavage of a carbene-stabilized disilicon
3.Dynamic complexation of copper(I) by carbene-stabilized disilicon.
4. Can low-valent silicon com pounds be better transistion metal ligands than phosphines and NHCs? 5. Si=P double bonds: Experimental and theoretical study of an NHC-stabilized phos phasilenylidene.
6.Stabilization of elusive silicon oxides.
7. Addition of small electrophiles to N-heterocyclic- carbene-stabilzed silicon(0).
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