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Oxidation Studies on Silyl-Substituted Silicon Hydrides 193<br />

This silylperoxyl radical undergoes an unusual rearrangement to 13 followed by<br />

a 1,2-shift <strong>of</strong> the Me3Si group to give 14. Hydrogen abstraction from the silane<br />

by radical 14 gives the desired product and another silyl radical 11, thus<br />

complet<strong>in</strong>g the cycle <strong>of</strong> this cha<strong>in</strong> reaction.<br />

The reaction mechanism <strong>of</strong> (Me3Si) 3SiH oxidation has been studied <strong>in</strong> some<br />

detail [19]. The absolute rate constant for the spontaneous and strongly endothermic<br />

(ca 130 kJ/mol) reaction <strong>of</strong> (Me3Si) 3SiH with molecular oxygen (Reaction<br />

8.7) has been determ<strong>in</strong>ed to be (0:48 0:18) 10 4 M 1 s 1 at 70 8C by<br />

us<strong>in</strong>g an <strong>in</strong>hibitor-based (hydroqu<strong>in</strong>one) method.<br />

(Me3Si) 3SiH þ O2 !(Me3Si) 3Si: þ HOO: (8:7)<br />

A rate constant <strong>of</strong> 8:3 10 3 s 1 at 70 8C for the rearrangement <strong>of</strong> radical 12 is<br />

obta<strong>in</strong>ed by k<strong>in</strong>etic analysis <strong>of</strong> the autoxidation <strong>of</strong> (Me3Si) 3SiH and based on<br />

the assumption that the term<strong>in</strong>ation rate constant for radical 12 is 2kt ¼ 2:4<br />

10 8 M 1 s 1 at 70 8C, i.e., the correspond<strong>in</strong>g value for Ph3SiOO: radical. It is<br />

worth mention<strong>in</strong>g that the hydrogen abstraction from (Me3Si) 3SiH <strong>of</strong> cumylperoxyl<br />

radical (Reaction 8.8) occurs with a rate constant <strong>of</strong> 66:3M 1 s 1 at<br />

70 8C, which means that <strong>in</strong> pure silane the rearrangement <strong>of</strong> silylperoxyl radical<br />

will be ca 30 times faster. Obviously, this is the reason for the absence <strong>of</strong> silyl<br />

hydroperoxide <strong>in</strong> the product studies.<br />

ROO: þ (Me3Si) 3SiH !ROOH þ (Me3Si) 3Si: (8:8)<br />

The rearrangement 12!13 is not straightforward and two alternatives routes<br />

have been suggested. One <strong>of</strong> them <strong>in</strong>volves a 1,3 transfer from silicon to oxygen<br />

to give the silyl radical 15 followed by SHi reaction on the peroxide moiety [15].<br />

The other <strong>in</strong>dicated by PM3 calculations is a dioxirane-like three-membered<br />

<strong>in</strong>termediate 16 hav<strong>in</strong>g a pentacoord<strong>in</strong>ated central silicon followed by a 1,2 silyl<br />

migration to afford radical 13 [19].<br />

R<br />

Me3Si Si<br />

O SiMe3 O<br />

R<br />

Me3Si Si SiMe3 O O<br />

15 16<br />

The 1,2 shift <strong>of</strong> Me3Si group from silicon to oxygen (13 ! 14) is expected<br />

to be a very fast process ( >10 7 s 1 ) as demonstrated <strong>in</strong> analogous<br />

reactions (see Chapter 6). <strong>In</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>gly, the hydrogen abstraction from<br />

(Me3Si) 3SiH by the disilyloxysilyl radical 14 is expected to be the slow step<br />

(i.e., kp <strong>in</strong> the oxidizability value kp=(2kt) 1=2 ) although it cannot be very slow. <strong>In</strong><br />

fact, the silyl radical 14 rather prefers to abstract a hydrogen atom from<br />

(Me3Si) 3SiH than to add to another oxygen molecule. Product studies <strong>of</strong><br />

(Me3Si) 3SiH oxidation under high dilution showed the formation <strong>of</strong> siloxane<br />

19, which is probably derived through the <strong>in</strong>termediacy <strong>of</strong> peroxyl radical 18<br />

(Scheme 8.5) [12]. Therefore, the rate constant for addition <strong>of</strong> radical 17 to

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