“…but no explanation for this chemical shifts of the corresponding carbon, silicon, difference in behaviour has been presented. The and tin compounds (1,2,4,(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17) where chemical shifts of the methyl groups in silicon, gerFor carbon compoun~s, the 1 3~ chemical shifts of manium, and tin methyl halides also exhibit an the central carbon are not included in the data. inverse dependency on the electronegativity of the These would have appropriately been correlated halogen (4,8,18).…”