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FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

Registration date: March 14, 1953. Advertised on February 23, 1956

GERMAN PATENT OFFICE

PATENT APPLICATION

CLASS 12 ο GROUP 2603

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Kurt Charles Frisch, Pittsfield, Mass., And Robert Bruce Young, Schenectady, N.Y. (V. St. A.)

have been named as inventors

General Electric Company, Schenectady, N.Y. (V. St. A.)

Representative: Dr. H. Siebeneicher, patent attorney, Cologne 1

Process for the preparation of new Hexaorganoäthinyldisilanen

The priority of registration in the V. St. v. Claimed America March 15, 1952

The invention relates to a process for the production of new silicon compounds of the general formula:

R _{2 - ^ Si ^ -R 2} = C-Si ^ -R 2

in which R ₁ , R ₂ and R _{3 are} monovalent hydrocarbon groups.

Of the groups that R ₁ , R ₂ and R ₃ can be, the following may be mentioned as examples: aliphatic groups including lower alkyl groups (such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, hexyl and dodecyl), unsaturated aliphatic groups (such as vinyl , Allyl and methallyl), cycloaliphatic groups (such as cyclopenthyl, cyclopenthenyl and cyclohexyl), aryl groups (such as phenyl, biphenyl and naphthyl), alkaryl groups (such as tolyl, xylene and ethylphenyl), aralkyl groups (such as benzyl and phenylethyl) and their homologues.

R ₁ , R ₂ and R ₃ can be identical or different.

According to the method according to the invention, a Grignard reagent of the general formula

X-Mg-C = C-Mg-X (II)

with an organohalosilane compound of the general formula '

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^Rl \
R ₂ ^ Si-X ₁

(III)

implemented. R ₁ , R ₂ and R ₃ have the meanings given above, and X and X ₁ are halogen atoms, of which X is preferably bromine and X _{1 is} preferably chlorine. X and X ₁ can e.g. B. chlorine, bromine and fluorine. A particularly effective Grignard J.0 reagent is acetylenedimagnesium bromide from Forrriel

BrMg-C = C-MgBr

In general, per mole of acetylenedimagnesium halide are at least 2 moles of the triorganohalosilane, z. B. 2 to 4 or more moles to apply. The reaction is preferably in the presence of a

. Catalyst, e.g. B. of powdered cuprous chloride, carried out that of the ethereal solution of acetylenedimagnesium halide is added. The reaction should proceed according to the following equation.

X - Mg - C = C - Mg - X + 2R ₁ R ₂ R ₃ SiX ₁
-—V ^ MgXX ₁ + R ₁ R ₂ R ₃ Si-C ^ C-SiR ₁ R ₂ R ₃ The triorganohalosilane is added to the ethereal solution of the Grignard reagent, preferably stirred at room temperature for a few hours and then the mixture for a while ( about 2 to 6 hours) heated to reflux temperature. The precipitate obtained in this way, the salt formed in the reaction, is advantageously filtered off, repeatedly with an organic solvent, e.g. B. diethyl ether, washed, and then the filtrate and the washing liquids are fractionally distilled - in order to obtain the desired product.

The acetylenedimagnesium bromide is z. B. by reacting ethyl magnesium bromide with dry Acetylene obtained. After the reaction has ended, the excess acetylene is removed by a stream of nitrogen removed. Then the acetylenedimagnesium bromide layer, which is generally at the bottom of the vessel separates, separated.

Disilanes, the two silicon atoms of which are linked by a phenylene group, have already been mentioned under Using a Di-Grinard reagent of the general formula X - Mg - -R - Mg - X made. It is also already known that in the reaction of halogenated hydrocarbons with silicon halides in the presence of magnesium without the formation of a Grignard reagent to monosilanes the hydrocarbon substituents may contain acetylene bonds on the silane.

example

Ethyl magnesium bromide is prepared in the usual way from 96.8 g of magnesium shavings and 400 ecm of ether and the addition of 436 g of ethyl bromide and 1200 ecm of diethyl ether. This mixture is stirred vigorously until the reaction is complete. Dry acetylene is then bubbled through the Grignard solution for approximately 18 hours. Excess acetylene is then driven off with nitrogen. At this point, two layers have formed: the gray-black acetylenedimagnesium bromide at the bottom of the reaction vessel and an almost clear layer of ether above it. To this mixture of acetylenedimagnesium bromide and ether, 8 g of powdered cuprous chloride are added with stirring and cooling. The mixture obtained is then added in portions to 434 g (4 mol) of trimethylchlorosilane with stirring. This forms a voluminous white precipitate that becomes so dense that it has to be broken up. In addition, more ether has to be added in order to be able to continue stirring. The mixture is then stirred for a further 12 hours at room temperature and then ^{refluxed for 4 1} Z ₂ hours. The precipitate is filtered off and washed several times with diethyl ether. The solvent is removed from the filtrate and the remaining solution is fractionally distilled, a colorless liquid having a boiling point of 133 to 135 ° at atmospheric pressure, which is identified by analysis as hexamethyldisilylethine. It has a refractive index n% = 1.4259; a density D ² / = 0.763; and a molecular refraction Ms = 57.07 (calculated 56.82). The analysis gives 32.8 ° / ₀ silicon (theoretically 32.9 ⁰ Z ₀ ). The determination of the molecular weight of the isolated compound gives a value of approximately 173 (theoretical value 170). The compound Hexaphenyldisilyläthin of the formula

- '' (C _e H ₆ ) ₃ Si- C = C -Si (C ₆ H ₅ ), (IV)

can be prepared in the same way as the Hexamethyldisilyläthin, if instead of Trimethylchlorosilane the triphenylchlorosilane is used.

Instead of the triorganohalosilanes used above, other triorganohalosilanes can also be used be used, e.g. B. triethylchlorosilane, tributylbromosilane, tritolylchlorosilane, dimethylethylchlorosilane, Dimethylphenylchlorosilane and vinyldimethylchlorosilane.

For example, the following organodisilylethine compounds can also be produced:
Tetramethyldiphenyldisilyläthin of the formula

(CH ₃ ) ₂ (C ₆ H ₆ ) Si-C 1 -C ₄ -Si (C 6 H ₅ ) (CH ₃ ) ₂ ; (V)
Dimethyltetraäthyldisilyläthin of the formula no

(CH ₃ ) (C ₂ H ₆ J ₂ Si-C = C-Si (C ₂ H ₆ ), (CH ₃ ); (VI)

Hexapropyldisilyläthin, Divinyltetramethyldisüyläthin the formula

(CH ₂ = CH) (CHg) ₂ Si-C = C-Si (CHg) ₂ (CH = CH ₂₎ ^"5

and '* ■.' . ■

'Trimethyltriphenyldisilyläthin of the formula

(CHg) ₃ Si-C = C-Si (C, .H ₆ ) ₃ .

The silicon derivatives containing acetylene groups described are suitable as starting material for the production of various polymeric compounds. Thus, these compounds can be prepared using various typical vinyl polymerization catalysts, e.g. B.

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Benzoyl peroxide, polymerized to polymeric products will. In addition, derivatives of these substances can react with the acetylene groups Silicon compounds with various reactive substances that have the ability to To add acetylene triple bond, are made.

Claims (1)

Claim: Process for the preparation of new Hexaorganoäthinyldisilanen of the formula R ₁ , R3 , R ₁ in which R ₁ , R ₂ and R _{3 are} monovalent hydrocarbon groups, characterized in that a Di-Grignard reagent of the general formula X-Mg-C = C-Mg-X with an organohalosilane of the general formula R ₃ ' ^ Si-X ₁ , where in the formulas X and X _{1 are} halogen and R ₁ , R ₂ and R _{3 have} the above meanings, the reaction is carried out. Cited publications: German Patent No. 853 350; British Patent No. 635 194.