Dimethyldichlorosilane

The purity of the product was determined by the checkers by GLC analysis using the following column and conditions 3-nm by 1.8-m column, 5% free fatty acid phase (FFAP) on acid-washed chromosorb W (60-80 mesh) treated with dimethyldichlorosilane, 90 C (1 min) then 90 to 200 C (15°C per rain). The chromatogram showed a major peak for methyl 2-methyl-l-cyclohexene-l-carboxylate preceded by two minor peaks for methyl 1-cyclohexene-l-carboxylate and l-acetyl-2-methylcyclohexene. The areas of the two impurity peaks were 5-6% and 0.5-2% that of the major peak. The purity of the product seems to depend upon careful temperature control during the reaction. The total amount of the two impurities was 14-21% in runs conducted at about -15 to -20°C or at temperatures below -23°C. 

Under the most favourable reaction conditions when methyl chloride is used the crude product from the reaction tube will be composed of about 73.5% dimethyldichlorosilane, 9% trichloromethysilane and 6% chlorotrimethylsilane together with small amounts of other silanes, silicon tetrachloride and high boiling residues. 

Dimethylbutane, 56 Dimethyl carbamoyl chloride, 56 Dimethyldichlorosilane, 56 Dimethyldiethoxysilane, 56 Dimethyldisulfide, 56... 

Difunctional reagents, for example the very cheap dimethyldichlorosilane 48, which is produced on a large technical scale, and the much more reactive and expensive dimethylsilyl bis(O-triflate) 49 [65-67] (Scheme 2.8) convert alcohols or phenols 11 in the presence of bases, for example triethylamine or DBU, into the silylated compounds 50. Thus 48 and 49 and other bifunctional reagents such as di-tert-butyldichlorosilane [68] or di(tert-butylsilyl)-bis(0-triflate) [69] and the subsequently described 51 and 52 combine two alcohols to silicon-tethered molecules 50, which can undergo interesting intramolecular reactions [70-74]. 

As already discussed in Section 2.2, crystalline dimethylsilanediol 53 can be prepared by hydrolysis from hexamethylcyclotrisilazane 51, from dimethoxydimethyl-silane [40], and from octamethylcyclotetrasilazane (OMCTS) 52. The most simple preparation of 53 is, however, controlled hydrolysis of dimethyldichlorosilane 48 in the presence of (NH4)2C03 or triethylamine [41]. Likewise, hydrolysis of hexam-ethylcyclotrisiloxane 54 and of octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane 55 eventually gives rise to dimethylsilanediol 53. In all these reactions the intermediacy of the very reactive dimethylsilanone 110 has been assumed, which can be generated by pyrolytic [42, 43] and chemical methods [44—46] and which cyclizes or polymerizes much more rapidly, e.g. in contact with traces of alkali from ordinary laboratory or even Pyrex glassware [40, 47] to 54, 55, and 56 than trimethylsilanol 4 polymerizes to hexamethyldisiloxane 7. Compound 111 is readily converted into dimethylsilanone 110 and MesSil 17 [46] (Scheme 3.6). 

Thus we hope that these O-silylations-activations with the readily available HMDS (MesSiNHSiMes), TCS (MesSiCl), dimethyldichlorosilane (Me2SiCl2), hexa-methylcyclotrisilazane (HNSiMe2)s, OMCTS (HNSiMe2)4, tetra(alkoxy) silane (Si(OR)4) or sihcon tetrachloride (SiCL ), most of which can also effect the transient protection of any present hydroxyl group, and the subsequent or concomitant reaction with nucleophiles accompanied by formation of silylated water as HMDSO (MesSiOSiMes), (OSiMe2)n or Si02 will be applied more often in the fu-... 

Organosilanes, especially dimethyldichlorosilane (M2), are important chemicals used in the silicone industries. The direct reaction of silicon with an organic halide to produce the corresponding organosilanes as a gas-solid-solid catalytic reaction was first disclosed by Rochow [1]. In the reaction, a copper-containing precursor first reacts with silicon particles to form the catalytically active component, which is a copper-silicon alloy, the exact state of which is still under discussion. As the reaction proceeds. Si in the alloy is consumed, which is followed by the release of copper. This copper diffuses into the Si lattice to form new reaction centers until deactivation occurs. The main reaction of the direct process is ... 

The relative product yields depend on the CHa to Cl ratio on the surface. In the studies reported here, this ratio has been adjusted to 1 1 (consistent with the CHa Cl stoichiometry in CHaCl) on the basis of a Cl(181 eV) C(272 eV) Auger peak ratio of 6.5 which is the same as that measured for physisorbed monolayers of dimethyldichlorosilane. Monolayer coverages of CHa + Cl having 1 1 stoichiometry were obtained by a 20 L exposure from the methyl radical source (approximately sahiration coverage) followed by a 9.5 L dose of CI2. 

The principal dichlorides used in this study were hexylmethyl-dichlorosilane (HMDS) and phenylmethyldichlorosilane (PMDS), some copolymerizations of the latter and dimethyldichlorosilane (DMDS) were also made. The usual practice was to add the dichloride (20 vol.%) in one portion to the refluxing reaction mixture at the start of the reaction. This usually entailed cooling the reaction mixture when PMDS was used to prevent a too vigorous reflux at the beginning of the reaction. In all cases the reaction turned dark purple and ultimately viscous. 

A typical synthetic route to the incorporation of pendent carboranyl units into a polymer chain is shown in scheme 3. Poly(o-carboranyl-organo-siloxane)s have been successfully prepared through hydrolysis of dimethyldichlorosilane in the presence of carboranedichloromethylsilane. The polymer has some of the elastomeric characteristics of the parent poly(siloxane) however, the thermal-oxidative cleavage of the o-carboranyl pendent group is reported to occurat lower temperatures than that for the thermooxidative cleavage of Si—O and Si—C bonds.10 Thermal studies have... 

The most important process so far has been the reductive elimination of halogens with the formation of Si-Si bonds. Kipping used this reaction and discovered the first perphenylated cyclosilanes, yielding polysilanes as a by-product [8]. Similarly dodecamethylcyclohexasilane was found using dimethyldichlorosilane as a starting material for this reaction by Burkhardt in 1949, but 90% of the yield appeared as poly silane by-products [9]. 

Although these polysilane by-products were not noticed at that time, they are now important main products. In the so-called "Yajima process" [10] (the usual reductive dehalogenating coupling of dimethyldichlorosilane with sodium) polysilanes were obtained and fibres could be formed from these which were then pyrolyzed to form silicon carbide fibres. 

West and co-workers [9,10] prepared polysilastyrene, a soluble and fusible polymer, by a Wurtz-coupling of dimethyldichlorosilane and methylphenyldichlorosilane (Eq. 4). Thermolysis of this polymer at 450°C results in a polycarbosilastyrene which can be cured by irradiation with UV-light in air at room temperature [11],... 

Dimethyldichlorosilane, in silicon carbide manufacture and processing, 22 533 Dimethyldioxirane, 18 443 delignification of, 21 48... 

Fluids The silicone fluids are linear polymers which are having very low Molecular weight within the range 4000-25,000. These are mainly obtained from dimethyldichlorosilane which is continuously hydrolysed by mixing with dilute hydrochloric acid (20%). 

The modification of the process of hydrolysis of dimethylchlorosilane, which has recently received more attention, involves methanolysis of dimethyldichlorosilane, and proceeds according to the following scheme 22... 

The discussion continues regarding the role of silanone and cyclodisiloxanes as reactive intermediates in the formation of Si-O-Si bond.25 In studies of the reaction of dimethyldichlorosilane, phenylmethyldichlorosilane, or diphenyldichlorosilane with dimethyl sulfoxide in the presence of 2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-l-oxa-2,5-disilacyclopentane, Weber and co-workers obtained products of the insertion of diorganosiloxy unit into the cyclic siloxane, accompanied... 

Diisobutylaluminum hydride Dimethyldichlorosilane Diphenyldichlorosilane Dipropylaluminum hydride Ethylaluminum dichloride Ethylaluminum sesquichloride Ethyldichloro silane Ethyltrichlorosilane Fluorine... 

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