55644-09-2Relevant articles and documents
A GAS KINETIC STUDY OF THE PYROLYSIS OF OCTAMETHYL-1,2-DISILACYCLOBUTANE
Davidson, Iain M. T.,Ostah, Naaman A.,Seyferth, Dietmar,Duncan, Don P.
, p. 297 - 304 (1980)
Pyrolysis of octamethyl-1,2-disilacyclobutane(I) has been shown to proceed by a unimolecular isomerisation involving a biradical which undergoes internal hydrogen-abstraction.Kinetic data were obtained for this pyrolysis and for that of the oxidation product of I, octamethyl-1,3-disila-2-oxacyclopentane(II).A few additional experiments indicated that intermediates with ?-bonds to silicon may be generated by photolyis of I.The energetics of these reactions were discussed.