Journal of the American Chemical Society

The Addition of Silicon Hydrides to Olefinic Double Bonds. Part VI. Addition to Branched Olefins

J Saam, J Speier

Index: Saam,J.; Speier,J. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1961 , vol. 83, p. 1351 - 1355

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Citation Number: 34

Abstract

Normal alkylsilanes result from the addition of silicon hydrides to linear olefins in the presence of chloroplatinic acid. This was found to be true even with non-terminal olefins. Pentene-2l gave n-pentylsilanes, and heptene-3* gave n-heptylsilanes. In these examples the silicon atom became attached exclusively to the terminal position on the alkyl chain.