The geometries and spectroscopic constants of the dihalosilanones, F2SiO, Cl2SiO, Br2SiO, and I2SiO, and
their cis- and trans-XSiOX isomers were calculated by high-level computations. The potential energy surfaces
of the isomerization reactions were investigated and the transition-state structures determined, together with
the isomerization and activation energies and enthalpies. It was shown that, in contrast to silanone and the
hydroxysilylenes, the dihalosilanones are much more stable than their other structural isomers. Thus, even at
several thousand kelvin temperatures, a common condition inside a metal halide lamp, the presence of
appreciable amounts of the cis- and trans-BrSiOBr and ISiOI isomers is unlikely.