(1) Oxygen of Me-O-Me is sp3 hybridised so C-O-C bond angle is more than 109’28” approx 110” due to crowding of methyl group.
(2) In disilyl ether , oxygen is Sp2 hybridised and planer due to
back bonding between oxygen and silicon atom. In this back bonding lone pair of oxygen atom
donate to the vacant d orbital of silicon atom due to this fact bond lengths of Si-O is
decrease and increases (approx 140”).
(3) In (Ph)3Si-O-Si(Ph)3 compounds Si-O-Si bond angle is Approx 180 due to back bonding and hybridisation is Sp.
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