Silyl radical


Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard

View reactions leading to H3Si+ (ion structure unspecified)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
IE (evaluated)8.135 ± 0.005eVN/AN/AL
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δf(+) ion985. ± 3.kJ/molN/AN/A 
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
ΔfH(+) ion,0K992. ± 4.kJ/molN/AN/A 

Electron affinity determinations

EA (eV) Method Reference Comment
1.405 ± 0.026LPDWetzel, Salomon, et al., 1989B
1.406 ± 0.014LPESNimlos and Ellison, 1986B
1.440 ± 0.097D-EABartmess, Scott, et al., 1979value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B
<1.440 ± 0.030LPDReed and Brauman, 1974B
1.35734N/ACheck, Faust, et al., 2001MnS-(t); ; ΔS(EA)=5.7; B

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
8.17DERNagano, Murthy, et al., 1993LL
8.135 ± 0.005LSJohnson III, Tsai, et al., 1989T = 0K; LL
8.11 ± 0.07ENDBoo and Armentrout, 1987LBLHLM
8.01 ± 0.02PIBerkowitz, Greene, et al., 1987LBLHLM
8.31 ± 0.07PIDing, Cassidy, et al., 1985LBLHLM
8.14 ± 0.01PEDyke, Jonathan, et al., 1983LBLHLM
8.74 ± 0.01PEDyke, Jonathan, et al., 1983Vertical value; LBLHLM

De-protonation reactions

H2Si- + Hydrogen cation = Silyl radical

By formula: H2Si- + H+ = H3Si

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr1495. ± 5.9kJ/molD-EAKasdan, Herbst, et al., 1975gas phase; B

Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

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Data compiled by: Marilyn E. Jacox

State:   M


 Energy 
 (cm-1
 Med.   Transition   λmin 
 (nm) 
 λmax 
 (nm) 
 References

To = 60341 gas M-X Johnson III, Tsai, et al., 1989


Vib. 
sym. 
 No.   Approximate 
 type of mode 
 cm-1   Med.   Method   References

a2 2 OPLA 800 ± 30 gas MPI Johnson III, Tsai, et al., 1989

State:   L


 Energy 
 (cm-1
 Med.   Transition   λmin 
 (nm) 
 λmax 
 (nm) 
 References

To = 59615 ± 30 gas L-X Johnson and Hudgens, 1991


Vib. 
sym. 
 No.   Approximate 
 type of mode 
 cm-1   Med.   Method   References

a2 2 OPLA 839 ± 26 gas MPI Johnson and Hudgens, 1991

State:   J'


 Energy 
 (cm-1
 Med.   Transition   λmin 
 (nm) 
 λmax 
 (nm) 
 References

To = 57726 ± 30 gas J'-X Johnson and Hudgens, 1991


Vib. 
sym. 
 No.   Approximate 
 type of mode 
 cm-1   Med.   Method   References

a2 2 OPLA 835 ± 26 gas MPI Johnson and Hudgens, 1991

State:   J


 Energy 
 (cm-1
 Med.   Transition   λmin 
 (nm) 
 λmax 
 (nm) 
 References

To = 56929 gas J-X Johnson III, Tsai, et al., 1989


Vib. 
sym. 
 No.   Approximate 
 type of mode 
 cm-1   Med.   Method   References

a2 2 OPLA 821 ± 4 gas MPI Johnson III, Tsai, et al., 1989

State:   I'


 Energy 
 (cm-1
 Med.   Transition   λmin 
 (nm) 
 λmax 
 (nm) 
 References

To = 56253 ± 30 gas I'-X Johnson and Hudgens, 1991


Vib. 
sym. 
 No.   Approximate 
 type of mode 
 cm-1   Med.   Method   References

a2 2 OPLA 814 ± 25 gas MPI Johnson and Hudgens, 1991

State:   E


 Energy 
 (cm-1
 Med.   Transition   λmin 
 (nm) 
 λmax 
 (nm) 
 References

To = 48438 gas E-X Johnson and Hudgens, 1987
Johnson III, Tsai, et al., 1989


Vib. 
sym. 
 No.   Approximate 
 type of mode 
 cm-1   Med.   Method   References

a2 2 OPLA 796 ± 7 gas MPI Johnson and Hudgens, 1987
Johnson III, Tsai, et al., 1989
e' 4 Deformation 870 ± 5 H gas MPI Johnson III, Tsai, et al., 1989

State:   D


 Energy 
 (cm-1
 Med.   Transition   λmin 
 (nm) 
 λmax 
 (nm) 
 References

To = 49787 ± 30 gas D-X Johnson and Hudgens, 1991


Vib. 
sym. 
 No.   Approximate 
 type of mode 
 cm-1   Med.   Method   References

a2 2 OPLA 810 ± 31 gas MPI Johnson and Hudgens, 1991

State:   A


 Energy 
 (cm-1
 Med.   Transition   λmin 
 (nm) 
 λmax 
 (nm) 
 References

gas A-X 205 256 Lightfoot, Becerra, et al., 1991
Baklanov and Krasnoperov, 2001

State:   X


Vib. 
sym. 
 No.   Approximate 
 type of mode 
 cm-1   Med.   Method   References

a1 2 Umbrella 727.94 I gas DL MPI Yamada and Hirota, 1986
Itabashi, Kato, et al., 1988
Johnson III, Tsai, et al., 1989
2 Umbrella 721.05 I gas DL MPI Yamada and Hirota, 1986
Itabashi, Kato, et al., 1988
Johnson III, Tsai, et al., 1989
2 Umbrella 735.4 Ne IR Andrews and Wang, 2002
2 Umbrella 727.3 Ne IR Andrews and Wang, 2002
2 Umbrella 727.2 Ar IR Li, Graham, et al., 2001
Andrews and Wang, 2002
2 Umbrella 732.4 Kr IR Legay-Sommaire and Legay, 1998
2 Umbrella 730.0 Kr IR Legay-Sommaire and Legay, 1998
2 Umbrella 722.9 H2 IR Wang and Andrews, 2003
e 3 SiH3 stretch 2185.2 gas DL Sumiyoshi, Tanaka, et al., 1994
4 Deformation 928.6 Ne IR Andrews and Wang, 2002
4 Deformation 925.0 Ar IR Andrews and Wang, 2002
4 Deformation 929 Kr IR Legay-Sommaire and Legay, 1998
4 Deformation 925.3 H2 IR Wang and Andrews, 2003

Additional references: Jacox, 1994, page 126; Jacox, 1998, page 215; Jacox, 2003, page 158; Morehouse, Christiansen, et al., 1966; Jackel and Gordy, 1968; Nimlos and Ellison, 1986

Notes

H(1/2)(2ν)
IComponent of an inversion doublet
oEnergy separation between the v = 0 levels of the excited and electronic ground states.

References

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Wetzel, Salomon, et al., 1989
Wetzel, D.M.; Salomon, K.E.; Berger, S.; Brauman, J.I., Gas-Phase Acidities of Organosilanes and Electron Affinities of Organosilyl Radicals, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1989, 111, 11, 3835, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00193a013 . [all data]

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Nimlos, M.R.; Ellison, G.B., Photoelectron spectroscopy of SiH3- and SiD3-, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1986, 108, 6522. [all data]

Bartmess, Scott, et al., 1979
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Reed and Brauman, 1974
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Check, Faust, et al., 2001
Check, C.E.; Faust, T.O.; Bailey, J.M.; Wright, B.J.; Gilbert, T.M.; Sunderlin, L.S., Addition of Polarization and Diffuse Functions to the LANL2DZ Basis Set for P-Block Elements, J. Phys. Chem. A,, 2001, 105, 34, 8111, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp011945l . [all data]

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Johnson III, R.D.; Tsai, B.P.; Hudgens, J.W., Multiphoton ionization of SiH3 and SID3 radicals: Electronic spectra, vibrational analyses of the ground and Rydberg states, and ionization potentials, J. Chem. Phys., 1989, 91, 3340. [all data]

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Boo, B.H.; Armentrout, P.B., Reaction of silicon ion (2P) with silane (SiH4, SiD4) heats of formation of SiHn, SiHn+ (n=1,2,3), and Si2Hn+ (n=0,1,2,3) remarkable isotope exchange reaction involving four hydrogen shifts, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1987, 109, 3549. [all data]

Berkowitz, Greene, et al., 1987
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Dyke, Jonathan, et al., 1983
Dyke, J.M.; Jonathan, N.; Morris, A.; Ridha, A.; Winter, M.J., Vacuum ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy of transient species. XVII. The SiH3 (X2A1) radical, Chem. Phys., 1983, 81, 481. [all data]

Kasdan, Herbst, et al., 1975
Kasdan, A.; Herbst, E.; Lineberger, W.C., Laser photoelectron spectrometry of the negative ions of silicon and its hydrides, J. Chem. Phys., 1975, 62, 541. [all data]

Johnson and Hudgens, 1991
Johnson, R.D., III; Hudgens, J.W., Multiphoton ionization of SiH3 and SiD3 radicals. II. Three-photon resonance-enhanced spectra observed between 450 and 610 nm, J. Chem. Phys., 1991, 94, 8, 5331, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.460518 . [all data]

Johnson and Hudgens, 1987
Johnson, R.D., III; Hudgens, J.W., A new eletronic spectrum of the SiH3 radical observed using multiphoton ionization spectroscopy, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1987, 141, 3, 163, https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614(87)85002-9 . [all data]

Lightfoot, Becerra, et al., 1991
Lightfoot, P.D.; Becerra, R.; Jemi-Alade, A.A.; Lesclaux, R., The UV absorption spectrum of SiH3, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1991, 180, 5, 441, https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614(91)85146-N . [all data]

Baklanov and Krasnoperov, 2001
Baklanov, A.V.; Krasnoperov, L.N., UV Absorption Spectrum and Rate Constant for Self-Reaction of Silyl Radicals, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2001, 105, 20, 4917, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp004198l . [all data]

Yamada and Hirota, 1986
Yamada, C.; Hirota, E., Detection of the Silyl Radical SiH_{3} by Infrared Diode-Laser Spectroscopy, Phys. Rev. Lett., 1986, 56, 9, 923, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.923 . [all data]

Itabashi, Kato, et al., 1988
Itabashi, N.; Kato, K.; Nishiwaki, N.; Goto, T.; Yamada, C.; Hirota, E., Measurement of the SiH, Jap. J. Appl. Phys., 1988, 27, Part 2, No. 8, L1565, https://doi.org/10.1143/JJAP.27.L1565 . [all data]

Andrews and Wang, 2002
Andrews, L.; Wang, X., Infrared Spectra of the Novel Si, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2002, 106, 34, 7696, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp0204814 . [all data]

Li, Graham, et al., 2001
Li, L.; Graham, J.T.; Weltner, W., Jr., Infrared Spectra of Silane in Solid Argon and Hydrogen, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2001, 105, 49, 11018, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp013003m . [all data]

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Wang and Andrews, 2003
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Sumiyoshi, Y.; Tanaka, K.; Tanaka, T., Diode laser spectroscopy of SiH3 in the 4.5 μm region, Appl. Surf. Sci., 1994, 79/80, 471, https://doi.org/10.1016/0169-4332(94)90457-X . [all data]

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Jacox, 1998
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Notes

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