Reaction of silicon with alcohols in autoclave

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A reaction of activated silicon with alcohols in an autoclave at 240—270 °C was studied. It was found that primary alcohols form tetraalkoxysilanes Si(OR)₄ with high selectivity (up to 97%), while the secondary PrⁱOH gave a mixture of compounds HSi(OPrⁱ)₃, Si(OPrⁱ)₄, HSi(OPrⁱ)₂OSi(OPrⁱ)₂H, HSi(OPrⁱ)₂OSi(OPrⁱ)₃, and Si(OPrⁱ)₃OSi(OPrⁱ)₃ with the predominance of trialkoxysilane (up to 67%). Carrying out the reaction under the indicated conditions has the advantage of experimental simplicity, reagent availability, high conversion of silicon, good isolated yields of products.