Iodine- or Iodine Monobromide-Catalyzed Alkoxy-Alkoxy Exchange Reactions of Alkylalkoxysilanes: Formation of the Catalyst-Alkoxysilane Complexes and the Reaction Mechanism

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/bcsj.61.2853

The formation of charge-transfer complexes of iodine and of iodine monobromide with alcohols and alkoxysilanes has been established spectroscopically, and the formation constants of iodine-ethoxytriethylsilane and iodine-diethoxydimethylsilane complexes has been determined as 0.55+/-0.01 and 0.61+/-0.02, respectively.On the basis of these observations and the kinetic information recently reported, the previously proposed mechanism for the iodine or iodine monobromide catalyzed alkoxy-alkoxy exchange reactions of alkoxysilanes is dicussed afresh.It has been confirmed that a mechanism involving a four-centered transition state containing a CT-complex is most favorable.