Introduction During the course of work in this Laboratory, it Ixcaine apparent that inforination was needed or1 the effect of various fluoronlkyl groups on the reactivity of the silicon atom in fluoroalkylsilicon compounds. Therefore, a program was initiated to study the influences of various Auoroalkyl groups on the rate of alkali-catalyzed hydrolysis of the silicon-hydrogen bond. This reaction was selected since the kinetics were quite well defined by several ...
