1. Cyclotrisilanes
2. See e.g. (a) J. Belzner, H. Ihmels, B.O. Kneisel, R.O. Gould, R. Herbst-Irmer, Organometallics 14 (1995) 305.
3. (b) J. Belzner, U. Dehnert, H. Ihmels, M. Hübner, P. Müller, I. Usón, Chem. Eur. J. 5 (1998) 852.
4. Preliminary results of DFT calculations show that the dissociation of cyclo-Si3H6 into three molecules of SiH2 is endothermic by ca. 116 kcal mol−1, while the dissociation of a Si3H6 · 3 NH3 complex into three molecules of the H2Si · NH3 complex is appreciably less endothermic (ca. 44 kcal mol−1).
5. J. Belzner, in: N. Auner, J. Weis (Eds.), Organosilicon Chemistry III: From Molecules to Materials. Wiley, Weinheim, 1998, pp. 58–64.