Comparison of the Reactivities of Dimethylsilylene (SiMe<sub>2</sub>) and Diphenylsilylene (SiPh<sub>2</sub>) in Solution by Laser Flash Photolysis Methods
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Abstract
Laser flash photolysis studies have been carried out with the goal of comparing the reactivities of dimethyl- and diphenylsilylene (SiMe 2 and SiPh 2, respectively) toward a comprehensive series of representative substrates in hexane solution under common conditions. The silylenes are generated using dodecamethylcyclohexasilane ( 1 ) and 1,1,3,3-tetramethyl-2,2-diphenyl-1,2,3-trisilacyclohexane ( 9 ), respectively, as photochemical precursors. The reactions examined include O−H, O−Si, and M−H (M = Si, Ge, Sn) bond insertions, Lewis acid−base complexation with tetrahydrofuran, (1+2) cycloaddition to C C and C⋮C multiple bonds, chlorine atom abstraction from CCl 4, and reaction with molecular oxygen; the kinetic data for SiPh 2 are accompanied by product studies in most cases. Further insight into the mechanisms of these reactions is provided by the identification of reaction intermediates and/or transient products in some cases; notable examples include the reactions of SiPh 2 with methoxytrimethylsilane, carbon tetrachloride, and molecular oxygen. With several of the substrates that were studied, comparison of the kinetic data for SiPh 2 to previously reported rate constants for reaction of dimesitylsilylene in cyclohexane allows an assessment of the role of steric effects in affecting silylene reactivity. Rate constants could also be determined for quenching of tetramethyldisilene (Si 2 Me 4 ) with molecular oxygen, CCl 4, and several other reagents that were studied.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
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| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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