“…A range of simple bis-functionalized tetrasilylmethanes (XMe 2 Si) 2 C(SiMe 3 ) 2 (for example, X = H, − F, − Cl, ,− Br, ,,,, I, ,,,, OH, ,,,, OMe, ,− OAc, ,, O 2 CCF 3 , − ,, OClO 3 , OSO 2 CF 3 , OSO 2 - p -C 6 H 4 Me, and vinyl , ) are known, but apart from the diol (HOMe 2 Si) 2 C(SiMe 3 ) 2 , little structural information is available for them. The structure of the permethyl species, (Me 3 Si) 4 C, has, however, been studied by NMR spectroscopy, − X-ray diffraction, − gas electron diffraction (GED), , computational methods , and vibrational spectroscopy …”