Compound 1

1,2,2,3-Tetrakis(2',4',6'-triisopropylphenyl)-2H-trisilirene

From: Equilibrium between a cyclotrisilene and an isolable base adduct of a disilenyl silylene

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InChIKey ILMLYUGPFWPFJD-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Synthetic procedure: See article for the definitive version of this procedure and for full experimental details.

Compound 1 was prepared according to a literature procedure (Kuhn, N. & Kratz, T. Synthesis of imidazol-2-ylidenes by reduction of imidazole-2 (3H)-thiones. Synthesis 561–561 (1993))