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Cw Co₂-laser-induced reaction between silane and methyl-methacrylate

J. Pola, R. Alexandrescu, J. Morjan, and D. Sorescu

Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, CS-165 02 Prague

Abstract: Infrared laser homogeneous heating of monosilane SiH₄—methyl methacrylate (MMA) mixtures results in the formation of gaseous methane, acetylene, butenes, and carbon monooxide along with solid silicone polymer. Mechanism of this reaction is assumed to be initiated by the dissociation of silane into silylene and the addition of the latter to MMA. The results resemble those obtained when the reaction between SiH₄ and MMA is induced via multiphoton decomposition of silane.

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Chemical Papers 44 (1) 21–29 (1990)