Reaction kinetics of alkylsilylenes (R = butyl, pentyl, and methylpentyl) and silacyclopropane intermediates produced by silylene additions to 1-butene, 1- and 2-pentene, 2-methyl-1-pentene, and 4-methyl-1-pentene are reported. Observations are consistent with a homogeneous, Barton2-type mechanism, which describes alkylsilylene isomerization and decomposition in terms of silacyclopropane (SCP) intermediates. Modeling studies on this basis conclude that SCP-forming and -opening reactions are at least an order of magnitude faster than SCP decompositions to olefins and SiH2. All reactions are pressure dependent at 400 Torr. Decomposition versus trapping comparative rate data at 410 Torr, based on butylsilylene- and pentylsilylene-trapping reactions with silane of 4.8 x 10(9) M-1 s-1 and 3.1 x 10(9) M-1 s-1, respectively, give limiting high-pressure Arrhenius parameters for the butyl- and pentylsilylene decompositions of log A infinity = 15.5 +/- 0.1, E infinity = 22.5 +/- 0.3 kcal. The activation energies are consistent with the decomposition reaction thermochemistries (DELTA-H(dec) = 26.6 +/- 3.4 kcal, DELTA-E(dec) = 25.3 +/- 3.4 kcal), and A factors indicate surprisingly loose transition states for both alkysilylene decompositions as well as their reverse silylene/olefin additions. A loose silylene/olefin addition complex is suggested for the transition state as the thermochemistry of decomposition precludes the intermediacy of biradicals. Generic high-pressure Arrhenius parameters (A, s-1: E, kcal) are deduced for silacyclopropane ring-opening (o), -closing (c), and -decomposition (d) reactions: log A(c) = 12.3, E(c) = 10.4; log A(o) = 14.0, E(o) = 14.7 + DELTA-E; log A(d) = 16.9, E(d) = 26.1 + DELTA-E, where DELTA-E = (49.6 - SCP strain energy). The low SCP ring-closing activation energy indicates zero ring strain development in the transition state and is consistent with a reanalysis of prior estimates of the activation energy of the SiH2 + CH4 strain free, C-H bond insertion reaction.
Photoionization mass spectrometric studies of the transient species Si2Hn (n=2–5)
摘要:
The transient species Si2H5, Si2H4, Si2H3, and Si2H2 have been prepared for the first time, by reactions of F atoms with Si2H6. The species are generated in situ and studied by photoionization mass spectrometry. The adiabatic ionization potentials are (in eV) Si2H5, 7.60±0.05; Si2H4, 8.09±0.03; Si2H3, <7.59; and Si2H2, 8.20+0.01−0.02. In addition, two fragment appearance potential curves were measured, Si2H+3 (Si2H5) and Si2H+2 (Si2H4). By combining these ionization potentials with appearance potentials obtained here and from Si2H6, the following heats of formation (kcal/mol at 0 K) have been inferred: Si2H5, <63.3 (59.2); Si2H4, 67.9±0.9; Si2H3 (∼96); Si2H2, <100.7 (90.2–95.6). The quantities in parentheses are probable values, but less well defined. Structures and structural changes resulting from photoionization are discussed. In particular, Si2H2 and its cation are very likely cyclic (doubly bridged). Heats of formation of cations are also obtained, from which the proton affinities of Si2H2 (199±3 kcal/mol) and Si2H4 (199.9 kcal/mol) are deduced. The structural and energetic differences between corresponding silicon and carbon hydrides are discussed in detail.
Probing the Mechanism of Aldehyde Addition to a Disilene and Two Silenes: Solvent Effects
作者:Julie A. Hardwick、Kim M. Baines
DOI:10.1021/om900673n
日期:2010.3.8
The effect of changing the solvent from a hydrocarbon to acetonitrile on the mechanism of the addition of aldehydes to a disilene and two silenes was investigated. The products of the reaction between Mes2Si═CH(CH2-t-Bu) and acetonitrile were characterized.
Diagnostics of the gas-phase thermal decomposition of Si2H6 using vacuum ultraviolet photoionization
作者:Kenichi Tonokura、Tetsuya Murasaki、Mitsuo Koshi
DOI:10.1016/s0009-2614(00)00165-2
日期:2000.3
Vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photoionization at 10.2 eV was employed for the detection of gas-phase molecules formed after thermal decomposition of disilane at a total pressure of 30 Torr and in the temperature range of 298–740 K. The SinH2(n+1) (n=3–5) and SinH2n (n=2–5) species resulting from disilane pyrolysis in a flow reactor were directly observed using time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Unlike multiphoton
在10.2 eV的真空紫外(VUV)光电离被用于检测乙硅烷在30 Torr的总压力和298–740 K的温度范围内热分解后形成的气相分子。Si n H 2(n使用飞行时间质谱法直接观察到在流动反应器中乙硅烷热解产生的+1)(n = 3-5)和Si n H 2 n(n = 2-5)物质。与在6.4 eV光子下的多光子电离不同,在10.2 eV的VUV单光子电离没有观察到碎片。