Treatment of Tetraalkoxysilanes with Amberlyst 15 Cation-Exchange Resin in Presence of Hexamethyldisiloxane

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Tetraalkoxysilanes were treated with Amberlyst 15 cation-exchange resin in hexamethyldisiloxane at 40 °C in order to substitute the trimethylsilyl group for the alkyl group in a tetraalkoxysilane partially. Tetramethoxy-, ethoxy-, propoxy-, and butoxysilanes were used for the experiments. After the treatment, SiO4R4−nXn(1≤n≤4, R=CH3, C2H5, n-C3H7, and n-C4H9, X=Si(CH3)3) were detected by gas chromatography and were identified by combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The degree of trimethylsilylation of tetraalkoxysilane changed with the molar ratio of hexamethyldisiloxane to tetraalkoxysilane and quantities of the reaction products in the system depended mainly on the ratio.