NOUVELLES UTILISATIONS DU TETRAMETHYLSILANE COMME AGENT DE METHYLATION DES CHLOROSILANES; VALORISATION DU METHYLTRICHLOROSILANE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(85)87270-3

In the presence of catalytic amounts of AlCl3, the chlorosilanes MeSiCl3, ClMe2SiCH2Cl and PhSiCl3 convert Me4Si into Me3SiCl.In the first case, at 130 deg C, two by-products from the industrial synthesis of Me2SiCl2 provide the useful Me3SiCl as the unique product with a 44percent conversion ratio from Me4Si.From ClMe2SiCH2CL, the only products formed are Me3SiCl and Me3SiCH2Cl, which is a useful reagent for organic syntheses (formation ratio: 32percent), if the reaction is performed under atmospheric pressure, but if an autoclave is used EtMe2SiCl (88percent maximal yield) is obtained.