Sodium silox is the name for an organosilicon compound that serves as a source of the siloxide anion [(CH3)3C]3SiO−.
Complexes of this bulky anionic ligand often adopt with low coordination numbers.
The sodium derivative, which has salt-like properties, is a cubane-type cluster.
Silox has a larger cone angle than C5Me5− and is a poorer donor.
For these reasons, silox anion forms highly unsaturated complexes.