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Stereochemical and Kinetic Significance of Ion Association in Fast Radiochloride Exchange Reactions at Silicon

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WE have examined the chloride exchange reaction of triphenylchlorosilane with [36Cl]-labelled tetrabutyl-ammonium chloride in benzene at 30° C. The reaction is very rapid (half-life about 0.05 s) and requires the use of flow techniques1.

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GRANT, M., PRINCE, R. Stereochemical and Kinetic Significance of Ion Association in Fast Radiochloride Exchange Reactions at Silicon. Nature 222, 1163–1164 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2221163a0

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