Kinetics of the Thermal Decomposition of β-Trifluoroethylsilanes and Hot Molecule Kinetics of (CF3CH2SiF3)

The thermal decomposition of β-trifluoroethylsilanes (CF3CH2SiFx(CH3)3−x where x = 0–3) is described by the reactionThe Arrhenius parameters for the series of silanes studied are as follows:Some results for the decomposition of the hot molecule CF3CH2SiF3* are reported.