title: Efficient and rapid C-Si bond cleavage in supercritical water.
abstract: Arylsilanes, alkenylsilanes, allylic silanes, and alkylsilanes were found to undergo extremely facile and rapid C-Si bond cleavage in supercritical water. The rapid C-Si bond cleavage occurred even with robust unactivated tetraalkylsilanes. The control experiments revealed the dramatic difference between supercritical and subcritical conditions and that between supercritical water and supercritical methanol, attesting to a unique reactivity of supercritical water in C-Si bond cleavage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Yoshida, Japan. yoshida@sbchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kenichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Itami
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Terakawa
authors.forename: Jun-Ichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Okitsugu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kajimoto