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Abstract 1. Cyanoethylation of trichlorosilane was found to be catalysed by organic bases, benzoylperoxide, or platinized asbestos at about 160°C. The catalytic activities of organic bases increased in the order, dimethylaniline << quinoline < pyridine, piperidine < triethyl-amine. Pyridine hydrochloride and benzyltriethylammonium chloride has also catatytic effects. 2. The orientation of the addition reaction was found to be almost exclusively of the β-position. 3. An ionic mechanism was suggested for the organic base-catalysed addition reaction.
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Nozakura et al. (1956) studied this question.
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