Abstract
The title reaction has been investigated in the temperature range 565–599 K with a view to improving the precision of previous data. The reaction obeyed the rate law –d[I2]//dt =k[I2]½[Me3SiH]//1 +k′[HI]/[I2] over a range of iodine and trimethylsilane pressures provided the ratio [Me3SiH]0/[I2]0 was greater than ≈ 25. At lower values of this ratio, although the data appeared to fit the integrated rate equation, the value of k tended to be high. It is argued that k values at the limiting high reactant ratio represent the true homogeneous reaction. The data are used to obtain log(k1/dm3 mol–1 s–1)=(11.15 ± 0.11)–(87.4 ± 1.2 kJ mol–1)/RTln 10 for the abstraction reaction I·+ Me3SiH [graphic omitted] Me3Si·+ Hi. It is further deduced that the bond dissociation energy, D(Me3Si—H)= 378 ± 6 kJ mol–1. This value is in agreement with the previous value (Part 1) although it is more precise.

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