THE SYNTHESIS OF BUTYLSILANES BY A LARGE-SCALE REDUCTION WITH LITHIUM ALUMINUM HYDRIDE

摘要

Eighty pounds of butylsilanes required for test purposes was synthesized by reducing butyltrichlorosilane with lithium aluminum hydride in diborane solution. This was safely and successfully accomplished by operating in steel equipment under an atmosphere of oil-pumped nitrogen to minimize the hazards involved in conducting this operation on a large scale. The apparatus and procedure used to carry out the necessary manipulations are described in this report.