“…The structures were first optimized employing the very small 3-21G basis set (212 contracted Gaussian-type orbitals (cGTOs) for C 9 H 27 NOSi 2 Sn) that does not contain any d functions at the first-row atoms. Since tin is not supported by the standard 6-31G(d) basis which was used in most of our previous theoretical studies on silylhydroxylamines 8 and silylhydrazines, − we performed our second series of calculations with a DZVP (DFT orbital) basis set which for first- and second-row atoms is briefly described as H [2s], Li−Ne [3s,2p,1d], Na−Ar [4s,3p,1d] and is thus comparable to the 6-31G(d) set (H [2s], Li−Ne [3s,2p,1d], Na−Ar [4s,3p,1d]). For Sn 22 the DZVP basis is described as [6s,5p,3d].…”