Direct synthesis of methyldimethoxysilane from metallic silicon and methanol using copper (I) chloride catalyst

M Okamoto, H Abe, Y Kusama, E Suzuki…

Index: Okamoto, Masaki; Abe, Hidenori; Kusama, Yukari; Suzuki, Eiichi; Ono, Yoshio Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2000 , vol. 616, # 1-2 p. 74 - 79

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Abstract

When the reaction of metallic silicon with methanol in the presence of a small amount of thiophene was carried out at 653 K, methyldimethoxysilane was formed together with trimethoxysilane and tetramethoxysilane, the selectivity for methyldimethoxysilane being 22%. Further adding a small amount of trioxane, trimer of formaldehyde, to the reaction system improved the selectivity for methyldimethoxysilane. This indicates that ...