Thermolysis of highly distorted hexakis(trimethylsilyl)benzene and pentakis(trimethylsilyl)toluene resulted in the formation of products arising from the ruptures of the aromatic rings.
The first nonconjugated mononuclear benzene dianion. Isolation and characterization of bis[(tetrahydrofuran)lithium(I)] hexakis(trimethylsilyl)benzenide