Preparation by Solvolysis of Silicon Halides

A similar interpretation may be based upon the results of Schwarz and coworkers580 581 . These authors hydrolyzed higher silicon chlorides and found solid white polymeric compounds in which the original Si-Si framework is retained. An irregular network containing Si-O-Si bond systems is also formed, so that the earlier postulated structural formulas are certainly incorrect. 

Recent results in this field were reported by Schumb et al.515 S76). Careful partial hydrolysis of hexachlorodisilane yields a series of oxyhalides Si40Cl10, 

Si602Cl14 and Si803Cli8. The isolation of these colorless liquids is consistent with the postulated basic structures of the polymeric compounds. 

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