Methacrylic Acid → Phenethyltriethoxysilane

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

200 mg of styrene, 320 mg of triethoxysilane, and 370 mg of toluene were placed in a glass reaction tube and 0.0014 ml of methacrylic acid was added. Next, 0.002 ml of a toluene solution of a 0-valent platinum complex of divinyltetramethyldisiloxane (platinum content: 0.4 Wt. %) was added to this mixture. The reaction tube was sealed with Teflon tape and heated for 30 minutes in an oil bath at 50° C. When the tube contents were analyzed by GC-MS following cooling, the conversion rate of styrene was 66.3%, phenethyltriethoxysilane was produced at a yield of 64.7%, and the yield of (α-methylbenzyl)triethoxysilane was 1.0%.

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