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Consecutive reactions of diethoxydimethylsilane and triethoxymethylsilane with methoxide ions in methanol solution
Author(s) -
Jäglid Ulf,
Lindqvist Oliver
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
international journal of chemical kinetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.341
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1097-4601
pISSN - 0538-8066
DOI - 10.1002/kin.550270106
Subject(s) - methoxide , chemistry , methanol , reaction rate constant , ion , equilibrium constant , ethanol , analytical chemistry (journal) , kinetics , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
The consecutive reactions of (CH 3 ) 2 Si(OC 2 H 5 ) 2 and CH 3 Si(OC 2 H 5 ) 3 with methoxide ions were investigated in methanol solutions. The reverse transesterification reactions with ethoxide ions could be neglected in both cases since the concentration of ethoxide in methanol solution was assumed to be low due to the fast equilibrium reaction C 2 H 5 O − + CH 3 OH ⇌ C 2 H 5 OH + CH 3 O − . The progress of the reactions was followed by monitoring the formation of ethanol with a Fourier‐transform infrared spectrometer. All rate constants were determined at 295 K. The reactions between the dialkoxydimethylsilanes and methoxide ions were assumed to consist of two consecutive steps that can be represented by the net reaction; (CH 3 ) 2 Si(OC 2 H 5 ) 2 + 2CH 3 O − → (CH 3 ) 2 Si(OCH 3 ) 2 + 2C 2 H 5 O − . The two consecutive rate constants were established as 1.93 ± 0.12M −1 s −1 and 1.00 ± 0.12M −1 s −1 , respectively. The consecutive rate constants for the reactions between the trialkoxymethylsilanes and methoxide ions can be written according to the total reaction; CH 3 Si(OC 2 H 5 ) 3 + 3CH 3 O − → CH 3 Si(OCH 3 ) 3 + 3C 2 H 5 O − . The three rate constants corresponding to each consecutive step were established as 1.12 ± 0.09 M −1 s −1 , 0.82 ± 0.10 M −1 s −1 , and 0.51 ± 0.06 M −1 s −1 , respectively. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.