Styrene → 1,1,3,3-TETRAMETHYL-1,3-DI(2-PHENYLETHYL) DISILOXANE

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380 mg Of styrene and 240 mg of 1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane were placed in a glass tube to which 20 μL (21.6 mg) of acetic anhydride and 2 μL (2.3 mg) of triisopropylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate (i-Pr3SiOSO2CF3) were added by microsyringe. 5 μL (platinum weight: 0.0017 mg) Of a toluene solution (platinum content: 0.04 wt %) of zero-valent platinum complexed with divinylsiloxane were added to this. The tube was put in a 60° C. oil bath and heated for 8 hours. After cooling, the tube contents were analyzed by gas chromatography, which revealed that the styrene conversion rate was 55%, 1-phenethyl-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane had been produced at a yield of 58% (based on 1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane) and 1,3-bis(phenethyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane at a yield of 21%, and the ratio of alpha addition to beta addition of phenethyl groups was 1:49.

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