Table 6. Computed FIA of silicon-based Lewis acids and Si(catX)2, values of energy decomposition analysis (EDA), natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis and quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM) (for details, see ESI).
aGeometries at PW6B95-D3/def2-TZVPP.
bDLPNO-CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVQZ, values in brackets corrected for solvation (COSMO-RS/CH2Cl2).
cBP86-D/TZ2P.
dkcal mol–1.
ePBE0-D3/def2-TZVPP.
f% of all pz(O) NLMO at Si.
gSecond order perturbation energy of pz(O) to π*(CC) in aromatic ring [kcal mol–1].
hPBE0-D3/def2-TZVPP electron densities, values in atomic units.
iIcc-pVQZ basis set (see ESI).
jIsolated as acetonitrile adducts.