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To investigate the generation, detection, and chemical behavior of unstable multiply bonded silicon intermediates produced from the thermal and photochemical decomposition of triazidophenylsilane.

December 1, 1993Organometallics

Multiply bonded silicon: matrix isolation and chemical trapping of products of pyrolysis and photolysis of triazidophenylsilane

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JRJuliusz G. RadziszewskiRoskilde University DLDieter LittmannUniversity of Colorado Boulder VBV. BalajiWestern University

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Experimental study uncovers multiply bonded silicon intermediates from triazidophenylsilane, suggesting reaction pathways for isolating unstable organosilicon compounds.

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To investigate the generation, detection, and chemical behavior of unstable multiply bonded silicon intermediates produced from the thermal and photochemical decomposition of triazidophenylsilane.
Subjected triazidophenylsilane to gas-phase thermal degradation (pyrolysis) and ultraviolet irradiation (photolysis).
Employed cryogenic matrix isolation spectroscopy to stabilize and monitor transient reaction intermediates at low temperatures.
Used chemical trapping reagents to intercept fleeting silicon species and establish reaction pathways.
Observed the successful formation of transient multiply bonded silicon intermediates upon light and heat induced decomposition of triazidophenylsilane.
Confirmed the structures and reactive pathways of short-lived silicon products via low-temperature spectroscopic signatures and trapped adducts.

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Radziszewski et al. (1993) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa16ff54a69955868ac80f4 https://doi.org/10.1021/om00036a023

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Experimental study uncovers multiply bonded silicon intermediates from triazidophenylsilane, suggesting reaction pathways for isolating unstable organosilicon compounds.

Multiply bonded silicon: matrix isolation and chemical trapping of products of pyrolysis and photolysis of triazidophenylsilane

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Multiply bonded silicon: matrix isolation and chemical trapping of products of pyrolysis and photolysis of triazidophenylsilane

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