Chemical Reactions and Properties of Organosilicon Compounds Related to New Materials
Abstract
In this report, research on four major aspects of our general program will be summarized: 1) Disilene Chemistry; 2) Disilabenzene; 3) polysilastyrene and other Silane-High Polymers; 4) Cyclic Polysilanes. During the period covered by this report, a number of chemical reactions of tetramesityldisilene have been carried out. The compound behaves like an olefin in some reactions, for instance addition of hydrogen halides or chlorine. It will also undergo cycloaddition with phenylacetylene to the corresponding disilacyclobutene. However other reactions are unprecedented for olefins, for instance the addition of alcohols and ketones to the Si=Si double bond. Hexamethyl-1,4-disilabenzene was obtained by thermolysis or photolysis. The synthesis of polysilastyrene has been systematically studied, and some of the variables in the process are now understood.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 31, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA217019
Entities
People
- Robert West