Journal of organometallic chemistry

Low pressure pyrolysis of hexamethyldisilane: Electron spin resonance identification of radical intermediates

K Mach, GP Mills, JB Raynor

Index: Mach, Karel; Mills, Graham P.; Raynor, J. Barrie Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1997 , vol. 532, # 1-2 p. 229 - 233

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Abstract

Radicals produced in the pyrolysis of hexamethyldisilane at pressures below 1.5 Torr have been trapped in an adamantane matrix at 77 K and characterised by electron spin resonance spectroscopy. At 1 Torr, results were consistent with mechanisms proposed from gas-phase kinetic studies. At lower pressures the results suggest surface decomposition predominates, and they reveal a surprising feature of the mechanism that would not have ...