Journal of Organometallic Chemistry

Cleavage of alkylsilanes by strong acids: IV. The reactions of alkyldimethylfluorosilanes with fluorosulfonic acid

DD Hopf, DH O'Brien

Index: Hopf,D.D.; O'Brien,D.H. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1976 , vol. 111, p. 161 - 169

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Abstract

Abstract The kinetics of cleavage of alkyl groups and fluorine from five alkyldimethylfluorosilanes by fluorosulfonic acid dissolved in methylene chloride has been studied with proton magnetic resonance. Competitive cleavage of alkyl, methyl and fluoro occurs to form three products. A mechanism is proposed based on the third order kinetics which involves the formation of a pentacoordinate intermediate through nucleophilic ...