Matrix Reactions opf Silan and Oxygen Atoms. Infrared Spectroscopic Evidence for the Silanol, Silanone, and Silanoic and Silicic Acid Molecules

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/j100261a019

Matrices formed by the cocondensation of SiH4 and O3 in argon at 17 K were irradiated by a high-pressure mercury arc.Photoproducts include the silicon-oxygen double bond containing species SiO, H2SiO, H(HO)SiO, and (HO)2SiO.HSiOH was prepared in high yield by the reaction of SiH4 with O atoms from the microwave discharge of O2 in excess argon.In both photolysis and discharge experiments, SiH3OH is proposed as a primary reaction product formed by insertion of O atoms an Si-H bond of SiH4.