Nitro and nitritosilanes: Do they and can they exist?

NITROSILANES ARE UNKNOWN, MUCH LIKE THE NITRO ANALOGUES OF MOST METALLOIDS. THEIR NITRITE ISOMERS ARE BETTER KNOWN AND EVEN USED AS REAGENTS. STILL, MOST STUDIES ON NITRITOSILANES FOCUS ON REACTIVITIES AND THERE REMAINS SOME DOUBT ON THEIR IDENTITY. IN THIS CONTRIBUTION, WE VERIFY COMPUTATIONALLY WHETHER NITROSILANES CAN EXIST AND OBTAIN FULL SPECTROSCOPIC CONFIRMATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF NITRITOSILANES, THUS RECTIFYING PREVIOUSLY-REPORTED INTERPRETATIONS.