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Organometallics 2004, 23, 2944-2948
Where Are the Hydrogen Atoms in A Theoretical Study
[(η5-C5H5)(PH3)2W(H2SiMe2)]+?
Krishna K. Pandey,*,†,‡ Matthias Lein,‡ and Gernot Frenking*,‡ School of Chemical Sciences, Devi Ahilya University Indore, Indore, India 452017, and Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universita¨ t Marburg, D-35032 Marburg, Germany Received January 13, 2004
Quantum-chemical DFT calculations of the tungsten silylene complex [Cp(PH3)2W(H2SiMe2)]+ have been carried out with the aim to elucidate the structure and bonding situation of the molecule. The W-SiMe2 interactions have been examined with an energy decomposition analysis. The geometry optimization with the constraint of Cs symmetry gives a classical dihydride structure as the lowest-lying energy minimum form. Four other structures which have up to two bridging hydrogen atoms are only
