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trisilane
Sign in to saveTrisilane is the silane with the formula H2Si(SiH3)2. A liquid at standard temperature and pressure, it is a silicon analogue of propane. In contrast with propane, however, trisilane ignites spontaneously in air.
Chemical data
- Formula
- H8Si3
- Molecular weight
- 92.32 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- disilylsilane
- SMILES
- [SiH3][SiH2][SiH3]
- InChIKey
- VEDJZFSRVVQBIL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- silanes
- Has part
- hydrogen
- Followed by
- tetrasilane
- Follows
- disilane
- Mass
- 91.993
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- melting point
- -117.4
- chemical formula
- H₈Si₃
- canonical SMILES
- [SiH3][SiH2][SiH3]
- boiling point
- 53
- Commons category
- Trisilane
- ionization energy
- 9.20
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Synthesis
- Decomposition
- See also
- References
Trisilane is the silane with the formula H2Si(SiH3)2. A liquid at standard temperature and pressure, it is a silicon analogue of propane. In contrast with propane, however, trisilane ignites spontaneously in air.
__TOC__ ==Synthesis== Trisilane was characterized by Alfred Stock having prepared it by the reaction of hydrochloric acid and magnesium silicide. This reaction had been explored as early as 1857 by Friedrich Woehler and Heinrich Buff, and further investigated by Henri Moissan and Samuel Smiles in 1902.
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