disilanide

English

Etymology

From di- +‎ silanide.

Noun

disilanide (plural disilanides)

1. (inorganic chemistry) The anion SiH₃-SiH₂^- derived from disilane
   • 2015 July 1, Rainer Zitz et al., “Neutral “Cp-Free” Silyl-Lanthanide(II) Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, and Bonding Analysis”, in Inorganic Chemistry‎^[1], volume 54, →DOI:

     This outcome certainly marks compound 2a as possessing a strong disilanide character.