“…32 Although the few earlier experimental studies focused on synthesis rather than spectroscopy, [33][34][35] it is interesting that the 1 H NMR chemical shift of the vinylic protons in 1,1,4,4-tetramethyl-1,4-disilacyclohexa-2,5-diene was found at 6.84 ppm, exceptionally low-field for vinylic protons. 36 In the present study, 1,4-disilacyclohexa-2,5-dienes with either Cl (1a), Me (1b), or SiMe 3 (1c, TMS) substituents at the Si atoms and ethyl substituents at the sp 2 hybridized C atoms ( Figure 1) were synthesized and examined by X-ray crystallography, gas phase UV absorption spectroscopy, UV photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS), and cyclic voltammetry. As a reference for a non-cross-hyperconjugated compound, the all-carbon analogue, i.e., cyclohexa-1,4-diene (6), was also examined by gas phase UV absorption spectroscopy.…”