Design, synthesis, and electrochemical behavior of new electronic systems involving σ,σ- and σ,π-interaction

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1996.787

1,2-Bis(trimethylsilyl)-1,2-diphenylethane and its homologues were synthesized and the studies on their electrochemical behavior revealed that there is definite interaction between the σ,π-interaction system (the C-Si bonds and the benzene rings) and the σ,σ-interaction system (the neighboring C-Si bonds) which causes significant decrease of the oxidation potentials.