Eine neue Methode zur Darstellung von Silicium-Element-Heterocyclen

A New and Convenient Synthesis of Silicon Element Heterocycles The reaction of special silyltriflates with organic phosphanes leads to cyclosilaphosphanes in high yields. This method is also useful for the synthesis of cyclosilathianes from H₂S and silyltriflates. Stepwise synthesis leads to cyclosilanes with phosphorus and sulfur atoms in the ring systems.     

Triflates de (8-méthoxynaphtyl)silyle: voie d'accès à de nouveaux siloxanes fonctionnels

New (8-methoxy-naphthyl) silanes were synthesized by organometallic route. The coordination behaviour has been studied using NMR measurements. Their treatment with trifluoromethanesulfonic acid leads to the corresponding silyltriflates which exhibit a 5-coordinate silicon atom weakly linked to the triflate anion. Conductivity measurements confirm this ionic structure. In contrast, iodine, Et₃N or Bu₃P give the silaoxolene with loss of Mel. The hydrolysis reactions of the organosilyltriflate lead to various functional siloxanes with hydride or triflate groups according to experimental procedures (half an equivalent of water or excess under nucleophilic assistance of Et₃N). The X-ray crystal structure of the siloxytriflate shows the weak chelation of the silicon center by the methoxy group.     

Synthesis and Utilization of Nitroalkyne Equivalents in Batch and Continuous Flow

We report a method for overcoming the low stability of nitroalkynes through the development of nitrated vinyl silyltriflate equivalents. Because of their instability, nitroalkynes have only rarely been utilized in synthesis. The reactivity of these silyltriflates, which are prepared in situ, is exemplified by dipolar cycloaddition reactions with nitrones to give highly substituted 4‐nitro‐4‐isoxazolines in high yields. This approach has proven general for several different alkyl and aryl substituted alkynes. In order to minimize the accumulation of potentially hazardous reaction intermediates, we have also developed a continuous flow variant of this method that is capable of carrying out the entire reaction sequence in a good yield and a short residence time.     

Siloxane‐mediated ethylene oligomerization with iron‐based catalysts: Retarding the polymer formation

This article describes an effective strategy for retarding the simultaneous polymer formation during the ethylene oligomerization with bis(imino)pyridine iron catalysts, by addition of siloxanes as modifiers into such systems. The concurrent effects of a suitable siloxane [e.g., tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS), cyclohexylmethyldimethoxysilane (CHMMS), or dicyclopentyldimethoxysilane (DCPMS)] are to increase the activity for the soluble oligomers and dramatically decrease the activity for the insoluble polymers, thus synergistically making a pronounced reduction of the polymer share in the total products. Based on the experimental facts when commercial methylaluminoxane (MAO), trimethylaluminum (TMA)‐depleted MAO, and trialkyl aluminums (e.g., TMA) are applied as co‐catalyst, respectively, the functional mechanism of siloxanes is preliminarily discussed. It is proposed that TMA containing in the commercial MAO makes little contribution to the final product but lowers the activity. And, there may be a close relationship between the anionic MAO cages and the insoluble polymer production. The influence of siloxanes exert on the catalyst systems could be a comprehensive result of the interactions between siloxanes and the catalytic components, through the modulation on both the electronic and steric effects of the active centers. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2014 , 52, 2748–2759     

Study on retention behavior of cyclic siloxanes by high resolution pyrolysis-gas chromatography with a fused silica capillary column

The general gas chromatographic retention behavior of cyclic methylsiloxanes partially substituted with phenyl or 2-cyanoethyl groups has been systematically studied, with pyrolysis-gas chromatography being utilized to form the cyclic siloxanes from the corresponding polysiloxanes at a temperature of 600°C. Kovats retention indices (KI) were determined for the cyclic siloxanes by use of the retention data of the pyrolyzates from polyethylene as standards. The effect of phenyl and 2-cyanoethyl substituents in the cyclic siloxanes on retention behavior has also been considered.     

Synthesis and Studies on Surface Active Water Soluble Derivatives of Siloxane Oligomers

Abstract

We report the synthesis of cationic water-soluble siloxanes by reacting aminosiloxanes with dimethyl, n-dodecyl 3-chloro-2-hy-droxypropyl quaternary ammonium iodide (DDCQA). Tetramethyl disiloxane on hydrosilation with allyl amine in the presence of hex-achloroplatinic acid/IPA gave bis(3-aminopropyl) octamethyltetra-siloxane. In addition, formation of Si-H containing oligomeric siloxanes were detected during this reaction and the extent of formation of the oligomers was found to depend upon the concentration of platinum. The oligomerization reaction was explained by dehydrogenative coupling of Si-H groups in the presence of platinum catalyst. A plausible mechanism for formation of aminosiloxane and the Si-H oligomers were proposed. Alternatively, cyclic Si -H containing siloxanes on polymerization using butyl lithium gave oligomeric Si-H containing siloxanes, which were hydrosilated to give aminosiloxanes. The quaternary aminosiloxanes synthesized showed lowering in surface tension of water to 26 mN/m.     

Simplified synthesis of carbohydrate‐functional siloxanes via transacetalation. I. Glucose‐functional siloxanes

Carbohydrate‐functional siloxanes (CHFSs) that exhibit high intermolecular interactions and good environmental friendliness have successfully been synthesized by acid‐catalyzed transacetalation between an acetal‐functional siloxane and glucose in dimethylformamide/dioxane mixed solvents. Activated clay has proven to be a good catalyst because of its high activity and its easy removal from the product. Acetal‐functional siloxanes as starting materials can be easily synthesized in good yields by hydrosilylation between Si? H‐functional siloxanes and acrolein diethyl acetal. This method has the following advantages: (1) the inexpensive materials used, (2) the simplified process employed, and (3) the high yield achieved. Because the carbohydrate moieties in these materials have the nature of strong intermolecular interactions and are highly hydrophilic, CHFSs exhibit very high bulk viscosities in comparison with the corresponding acetal‐functional siloxanes and good solubilities in polar solvents such as dimethylformamide and dimethyl sulfoxide. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 41: 3336–3345, 2003     

Trennung und massenspektrometrische Charakterisierung von Perchlorsiloxanen

Gas-chromatographic Separation and Mass-spectrometric Characterization of Perchlorosiloxanes Mixtures of highly moisture sensitive Perchlorosiloxanes can be separated by means of capillar columm gaschromatography, if traces of water can be eliminated. GCMS-measurements give the EI-MS of the separated pure compounds. The fragmentation patterns show a significant decrease of intensity of the M⁺ ? Cl-Ion in the case of oxygen poor siloxanes Si_nO_n?1Cl_2n+2 with increasing number of Si-atoms. Oxygen rich compounds however show a much lower decrease of intensity of the M⁺ ? Cl-Ion.     

Application of directed orthometalation toward the synthesis of aryl siloxanes

A selection of ortho-substituted aryl siloxanes have been prepared by directed orthometalation protocols. These siloxanes can be prepared in high yields and purity by use of a diverse selection of ortho-directing groups and electrophilic siloxane derivatives. The siloxanes are employed in palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions with aryl bromides to generate unsymmetrical ortho-substituted biaryls in good to excellent yields.     

Darstellung und spektroskopische Untersuchungen von hoch-verzweigten funktionellen Siloxanen

Preparation and Spectroscopic Investigations of Highly Branched Functional Siloxanes The preparation of the siloxanes [(Me₃SiO)₃SiO]_n(Me₃SiO)_3?nSiX and (Me₃SiO)₃Si[OSi(OSiMe₃)₂]₂X (n = 1?3, X = H, Cl, OC₂H₅, OH) is described. The hydride-siloxanes and the siloxanoles have been investigated by i.r. and ²⁹Si-n.m.r. spectroscopy. The frequencies of the Si? H stretching vibration, the ²⁹Si? ¹H coupling constants and the ²⁹Si-chemical shifts of the Si(H) signal for the hydride-siloxanes as well as the frequencies of the (Si)O? H stretching vibration, the relative (Si)O? H acidity, and the ²⁹Si-chemical shifts of the Si(OH) signal for the siloxanoles show a dependence on the number of the (Me₃SiO)₃SiO groups. The spectroscopic data are discussed with respect to the silicate environment of the Si(H) and Si(OH) atom, respectively. In the siloxanoles intramolecular hydrogen bondings were observed.     

The analysis of volatile siloxanes in waste activated sludge

The increasing presence of siloxanes in waste activated sludge (WAS) considerably hampers the energy use of the biogas obtained during the anaerobic digestion of the sludge when concentrations exceed critical limits. To prevent the occurrence of unacceptable operating conditions, it is hence necessary to have a reliable analysis method for determining the siloxane content of the sludge. This paper describes and validates such a method, consisting of the extraction of the siloxanes using n-hexane and a subsequent analysis of the extract using GC-FID. The validation procedure confirms the excellent recovery and repeatability of the proposed method.     

Hydrolytically stable linkers for silicone carbohydrates derived from hydrodiisopropylsilanes

Two strategies were developed for the attachment of sugars to siloxanes using bifunctional silicon linkers: the substrate could be functionalized with a silyl hydride before coupling to a vinyl-terminated siloxane through platinum catalyzed hydrosilylation; alternatively, unprotected glucose could be directly silylated by a silicone terminated with a chlorosilyl group. Optimal steric bulk was found with difunctional diisopropylsilanes, which exhibit excellent reactivity for preparation of sugarsilane derivatives, and also permit efficient grafting to silicones via hydrosilylation. The resulting product alkoxysilane-silicone exhibits greater stability to hydrolysis than the silicone itself.     

Synthesis and Reactivity of the First Isolated Hydrogen‐Bridged Silanol–Silanolate Anions

We report on the first examples of isolated silanol–silanolate anions, obtained by utilizing weakly coordinating phosphazenium counterions. The silanolate anions were synthesized from the recently published phosphazenium hydroxide hydrate salt with siloxanes. The silanol–silanolate anions are postulated intermediates in the hydroxide‐mediated polymerization of aryl and alkyl siloxanes. The silanolate anions are strong nucleophiles because of the weakly coordinating character of the phosphazenium cation, which is perceptible in their activity in polysiloxane depolymerization.     

Siloxanes with pendent naphthalene diimides: synthesis and fluorescence quenching

Cyclic siloxanes with pendent naphthalene diimide groups were synthesized via hydrosilylation to form amorphous electron-accepting compounds. Photophysical measurements and >99.9% fluorescence quenching of well-known p-type polymers by the siloxanes demonstrate that these siloxanes form a new class of highly efficient n-type materials that provide some control over intermolecular interactions.     

The thermal degradation of polysiloxanes—Part 4: Poly(dimethyl/diphenyl siloxane)

Poly(dimethyl/diphenyl siloxanes) have been prepared with a range of phenyl group contents both from mixtures of dimethyl and diphenyl cyclic siloxanes and from cyclic siloxanes in which both dimethyl and diphenyl structures are present. Attempts to prepare poly(diphenyl siloxane) with a reasonably high molecular weight were unsuccessful.The products of degradation of the poly(dimethyl/diphenyl siloxanes) are benzene and complex mixtures of cyclic oligomers which have been separated, identified and analysed. The characteristics of the formation of these products are discussed in relation to the degradation reactions which occur in poly(dimethyl siloxane), poly(methyphenyl siloxane) and poly(dimethyl/methylphenyl siloxane) and which have been described previously.     

Polycondensation of trialkoxysilane monomers accelerated by neighboring group participation of urea moiety

(Phenylaminomethyl)trimethoxysilane (= α‐amino‐siloxane) was treated with various isocyanates to obtain a series of siloxanes having urea moieties (= α‐urea‐siloxanes). Their hydrolysis‐condensation reactions were monitored with ²⁹Si NMR, to reveal that they exhibited much higher reactivity than a urea‐siloxane derived from [3‐(phenylamino)propyl]trimethoxysilane (= γ‐amino‐siloxane). When compared with the derivation of the γ‐amino‐siloxane into the corresponding γ‐urea‐siloxane, those of the α‐amino‐siloxane into the corresponding α‐urea‐siloxanes were accompanied by much larger shifts of the ²⁹Si NMR signal toward a higher magnetic field. These results suggested that the location of the urea moiety in the α‐urea‐siloxanes was favorable to its intramolecular coordination to the silicon atom to exhibit its “neighboring group participation” that promoted transformation of the tetravalent silicon center into the pentavalent one, which is more electrophilic to make the siloxanes more susceptive to undergo the hydrolysis and condensation reactions. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 46: 6654–6659, 2008     

Synthesis and Electron-Beam Polymerization of 1-Propenyl Ether Functional Siloxanes

Abstract

A novel synthesis of 1-propenyl ether functionalized siloxanes has been achieved by the controlled, rhodium-catalyzed, chemoselective hydrosilation of 1-allyloxy-4(1-propenoxy)butane (APB) with various H-functional siloxanes. Chemoselective hydrosilation using a variety of Si—H functional siloxanes proceeds exclusively at the allyl ether group of the APB without participation at the 1-propenyl ether group. The electron-beam-induced cationic polymerization of these monomers in the presence of a diaryliodonium salt was studied and found to take place very rapidly and at very low radiation doses.     

Facile route to synthesis of functionalised poly(methylalkoxy)siloxane under mild and aerobic conditions in the presence of platinum catalysts

A facile and high yield method of synthesis of novel and functional poly(methylalkoxy) siloxanes is reported. The Si–H groups of poly(methylhydrogen) siloxanes (PMHS) were treated with various simple (primary, secondary, tertiary) alcohols (1a–10a) in the presence of platinum based catalysts (Speier’s and Karstedt’s catalysts). Also oxyethylene, aldehyde, epoxide, halogen and allyl grafted polysiloxane were smoothly and quantitatively prepared by the alcoholysis between linear siloxanes polymer and functional alcohols (11a–20a) with use of Karstedt’s catalysts. It is found that alcoholysis reaction in the presence of the Karstedt’s catalyst proceed faster than Speier’s catalyst .In addition, the rate of alcoholysis reaction is dependent on amount of the catalyst and reaction temperature. The polymers prepared were characterized by IR, NMR spectroscopy and GPC analysis.     

Silicon speciation by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry in gasolines

A method for the speciation of silicon compounds in petroleum products was developed using gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Prior to analysis, several precautions about storage and conservation were applied for all samples. In spiked gasoline samples, limits of detection between 24 and 69 μg kg(-1) for cyclic siloxanes (D(4)-D(6)) and between 1 and 7 μg kg(-1) for other species were obtained. In this study, cyclic siloxanes (D(n)) and one ethoxysilane were quantified for the first time in petroleum products by a specific method based on response factor calculation to an internal standard. This method was applied to four samples of naphthas and gasolines obtained from a steam cracking process. Cyclic siloxanes were predominant in four investigated samples with concentrations ranging between 101 and 2204 μg kg(-1). Cyclic siloxane content decreased with an increase in their degree of polymerization. During a steam cracking process, silicon concentrations determined by GC-MS SIM (single ion monitoring) significantly increase. This trend was confirmed by ICP-OES (inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy) measurements but a difference on the total silicon content was observed, certainly highlighting the presence of unknown silicon species. GC-MS SIM method gives access to the chemical nature of the silicon species, which is crucial for the understanding of hydrotreatment catalyst poisoning in the oil and gas industry.