Kinetics of bromination of an extensive series of organosilicon hydrides by bromine in dimethylformamide in the presence of lithium bromide and lithium nitrate has been studied. The reaction was found to be first order in both reactants. The reactivity of alkyl-substituted silicon hydrides is explained in terms of inductive and steric effects of substituents. In the reactivity of fluoro,-bromo-, chloromethyl-, and phenylsubstituted derivatives, besides ...
