TY - JOUR
T1 - A kinetic study of the reaction of methylene radicals with dimethylsilane. the decomposition of chemically activated trimethylsilane and methylethylsilane
AU - Hase, W. L.
AU - Breiland, W. G.
AU - McGrath, P. W.
AU - Simons, J. W.
PY - 1972
Y1 - 1972
N2 - A study of the decomposition of chemically activated trimethylsilane and methylethylsilane is reported. Chemical activation was by the insertion of singlet methylene, from the photolysis of diazomethane at 3660 Å and 24°, into the C-H and Si-H bonds of dimethylsilane. The total rate constants for trimethylsilane, kTMS, and methylethylsilane, kMES, unimolecular decomposition were found to be 2.93 × 107 sec-1 and 3.30 × 107 sec-1, respectively. H2, CH4, and C2H6 were formed as decomposition products in the presence of the radical scavengers, oxygen and 1,3-butadiene, indicating they are formed by molecular elimination processes. The experimental results combined with RRKM calculations infer that Si-C bond rupture and methane elimination are the major primary decomposition paths for chemically activated trimethylsilane, and Si-C bond rupture and molecular hydrogen elimination are the major primary decomposition paths for chemically activated methylethylsilane. The rate constant for methyl rupture from the chemically activated trimethylsilane, 2.2 ± 0.8 × 107 sec-1, yields an A factor for Si-C bond rupture in trimethylsilane, via RRKM theoretical calculations, equal to 1015.6 ± 0.6 sec-1.
AB - A study of the decomposition of chemically activated trimethylsilane and methylethylsilane is reported. Chemical activation was by the insertion of singlet methylene, from the photolysis of diazomethane at 3660 Å and 24°, into the C-H and Si-H bonds of dimethylsilane. The total rate constants for trimethylsilane, kTMS, and methylethylsilane, kMES, unimolecular decomposition were found to be 2.93 × 107 sec-1 and 3.30 × 107 sec-1, respectively. H2, CH4, and C2H6 were formed as decomposition products in the presence of the radical scavengers, oxygen and 1,3-butadiene, indicating they are formed by molecular elimination processes. The experimental results combined with RRKM calculations infer that Si-C bond rupture and methane elimination are the major primary decomposition paths for chemically activated trimethylsilane, and Si-C bond rupture and molecular hydrogen elimination are the major primary decomposition paths for chemically activated methylethylsilane. The rate constant for methyl rupture from the chemically activated trimethylsilane, 2.2 ± 0.8 × 107 sec-1, yields an A factor for Si-C bond rupture in trimethylsilane, via RRKM theoretical calculations, equal to 1015.6 ± 0.6 sec-1.
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U2 - 10.1021/j100648a001
DO - 10.1021/j100648a001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33947091379
VL - 76
SP - 459
EP - 468
JO - Journal of Physical Chemistry
JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry
SN - 0022-3654
IS - 4
ER -