1,2,4,5-Tetrakis(trimethylsilylmethyl)benzene at 150K

The title compound, C₂₂H₄₆Si₄, crystallizes in space group Fddd with crystallogrphic symmetry 222. Steric overcrowding by the bulky ligands is avoided by arranging the trimethylsilyl groups alternately above and below the benzene plane in skeletal D₂ symmetry.

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