REACTIONS OF TRIFLUOROMETHYL AND TRIPLET METHYLENE RADICALS WITH SOME ALKYLSILANES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/j100324a027

The recombination of CF3 and CH2SiF3 radicals was used to prepare CF3CH2SiF3 by collisional stabilization of the initially formed hot molecule, CF3CH2SiF3^*.One fate of this hot species, not so far observed, is its decomposition to give CF3CH2 and SiF3 radicals, a process which leads to additional products.In separate studies of the reactions of ³CH2 with CF3CH2SiF3, the formation of CH3SiF3 is observed, and this is suggested to be through a 5-coordinate radical exchange process.