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THE reactions of hydrocarbon free radicals are reasonably well established, but much less is known about the reactions of inorganic free radicals based on elements such as bismuth, silicon, germanium, lead, zinc, phosphorus, arsenic, tin or aluminium. The relative stabilities of some of these radicals can be predicted with reasonable certainty. The SiCl3 radical, for example, should be similar in type to the CF3 or CCl3 radical, and it is not surprising that trichloro-silane reacts with olefins1,2 to give SiCl3.[olefm]n.H ; thus tetrafluoroethylene2 yields SiCl3.[CF2.CF2] m. H, where m =1–4.
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GEYER, A., HASZELDINE, R. Free Radical Reactions with Inorganic Covalent Hydrides: a Route to Polyfluoroalkyl Silicon Compounds. Nature 178, 808 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/178808a0
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