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Nickel‐Catalyzed Reduction of Carbon Monoxide by Hexamethyldisilane: a New Reaction Leading to a Novel Synthesis of Siloxanes
Author(s) -
Vollhardt K. Peter C.,
Yang ZhenYu
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.198404601
Subject(s) - nickel , catalysis , carbon monoxide , oxidizing agent , yield (engineering) , chemistry , carbon fibers , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , materials science , metallurgy , composite number , composite material
CO as oxidizing agent for Me 3 SiSiMe 3 facilitates a novel synthesis of siloxanes. The catalyst used is nickel on kieselgur. Particularly good conversions and yield were obtained in the presence of H 2 . In this way, “C” is converted into CH 4 (RCH 3 ).