Chlorine abstraction from silicon–chlorine bonds by trimethylsilyl radicals
Abstract
Attempts to measure the kinetics of the unusual abstraction reaction, Me3Si.+ Me2SiCl2→ Me3SiCl + Me2SiCl using thermal radical sources were unsuccessful. Kinetic data were obtained by using a photochemical radical source, yielding unconventional Arrhenius parameters, the significance of which is discussed.