Reduction of halosilanes by organotin hydrides

JW Wilt, FG Belmonte, PA Zieske

Index: Wilt, James W.; Belmonte, Frank G.; Zieske, Paul A. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1983 , vol. 105, # 17 p. 5665 - 5675

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Abstract

Abstract: A study of the reduction of halosilanes with organotin hydrides is described. The free radical chain mechanism indicated by the results obtained parallels that known for the comparable reduction of haloalkanes, but the reactivity of a-halosilanes is considerably enhanced. Mechanistic studies suggest that the polar nature of the halogen abstraction step in the radical chain sequence, which places incremental negative charge adjacent to ...