Transition-metal Catalyzed Cracking Reaction of Methylchlorodisilanes with Bromobenzene in Ionic Liquids Tan Jun1,*, Pi Yongrui1,3, Wen Yangyi1, Chen Jie1, Wei Xiaoyan2, Liu Hui1 1College of Biological and Chemical Engineering of Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, 314001, PR China 2Department of Chemical and Textile Engineering of Nanhu, College of Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, 314001, PR China 3College of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, PR China *Corresponding Author E-mail:
Online published on 17 October, 2015. Abstract Cracking reactions of methylchlorodisilanes with bromobenzene catalyzed by the transition metal complexes in ionic liquid to prepare series of phenylchlorosilanes were investigated. The experimental results showed that the composition of different types of anion and cation of the ionic liquid had great influence on the catalytic cracking reaction, when N, N’-dialkylimidazole tetrafluoroborate was employed as the ionic liquid, the increase of alkyl chain substituted on the imidazolium ring promoted the reaction. The catalytic system of Pd(PPh3)4/[Bmim]BF4 showed good catalytic activity, the conversion of Cl2MeSiSiMeCl2 and MeCl2SiSiClMe2 both was as high as 100% together with 90.3% selectivity of MePhSiCl2. Top Keywords Methylchlorodisilanes, Transition Metal, Ionic Liquids, Cracking Reaction, bromobenzene. Top |