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EVIDENCE has been presented that the heavy atom skeletons of silyl isocyanate1 and isothiocyanate2 are linear while those of silyl azide1, methyl azide3 and isocyanate4 are non-linear. This communication offers an explanation for these differences.
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LINNETT, J. Structure of Silyl and Methyl Azides and Isocyanates. Nature 199, 168–169 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199168a0
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