the effects of halogens; fluorine, chlorine and bromine, on the stability and multiplicity of phenylcarbenes / silylenes/ germylenes structures are compared and contrasted at b3lyp/6-311++g**//b3lyp/6-31+g* level. the singlet-triplet energy gaps, δes-t , values for all the above speciesincrease through fluorinated up, δes-ts and δehomo–lumos support the stability of the singlet statesinspite of...

with the aim of recognizing the steric effects on the silylenic r2c6h6si structures, dft calculationsare carried out on 8 structures of r2c6h6si (where r is hydrogen (h), methyl (me), isopropyl (i-pro),and tert-butyl (tert-bu)). these species are at either triplet (t) or singlet (s) states. singlet–tripletenergy separations ( me (20.32) > t-bu (15.92).all singlet states of r2c6h6si, are more st...