ORGANOSILANES

Organosilanes



Organosilanes

Abstract

The paper discusses that organosilanes are widely used in organic chemistry, particularly as protecting groups' derivatisation reagents, reducing agents 4 and synthetic intermediates. The Acros Organics portfolio of organosilanes is continuously expanding to meet your chemistry needs. On the reverse side you will find information on some of the products introduced recently.

Introduction

There is a growing need for orgnosilanes in the field of silicon containing organic polymers, whose potential applications include electronic and optical materials, catalysts and coatings.7 Hydrolytic condensation of trifunctional silanes yields silsesquioxanes, where each silicon atom is bound to an average of one and a half oxygen atoms and to one hydrocarbon group. Among various types of silsesquioxanes, polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSSTM) reagents offer a unique opportunity for preparing hybrid organic-inorganic materials with the inorganic structural units truly molecularly dispersed within the nanocomposites.

Properties of Organosilane

An organosilane is a compound which is a derivative of a saline. It must be organic, and it must have at least one carbon to silicon bond. An organosilane is an organosilicon compound. This is an organic compound, and it has many bonds, including the carbon and silicon bonds. When one studies organosilicon chemistry, (Glaser, 2003, 45) they are looking at the various sciences that explore the properties and reactivity of organosilicon compounds, Including Organosilane.

Organosilanes are carbon and silicon bonds, which mean that they are organically like carbon, in that the bound silicon is tetravalent and tetrahedral. Most of the time, in the biochemical process, carbon and silicon bonds is absent. However, when found in substances like freshwater algae, they are more common. Tetraethylsilane was the first organosilicon compound, and was discovered by Charles Frieel and James Crafts. This happened in 1863, and was done by a reaction of tetrachlorosilane, and diethylzinc. (Glaser, 2003, 45)

Organosilanes are carbon silicon bonds that are longer than carbon-carbon bonds. They re also weaker with bonder dissociation energy at 451kJ/mol. When you have a bond that is carbon and silicon, part of what you are going to be looking at is a polarized bond towards carbon, because of the higher electro negativity that carbon has. A manifestation of the Organosilanes can be found in Sakurai reaction. Although Organosilane might seem like a confusing compound, it is actually quite useful in many different situations. First of all, it is used in mixtures with hydrogen peroxide. When the peroxide is mixed with an Organosilane quaternary compound in an aqueous formulation, the mixture can be used to improve the way that water and soil can be repelled from surfaces. This creates a coating composition that is at the same time used for cleaning, as well as other multifunctional coating purposes. (Starodub ,2010, 90)

Because of the unique properties that Organosilanes have, they can repel water, dirt, and other substances away from the item that they coat. Therefore, a mixture of Organosilane and hydrogen peroxide can be applied to an item, (Starodub ,2010, 90) and it will give the item a protective coating that cannot be ...