Reactivity Documentation
Chlorosilanes |
mixed with |
Nitro, Nitroso, Nitrate, and Nitrite Compounds, Organic |
Summary
- Explosive: Reaction products may be explosive or sensitive to shock or friction
- Generates gas: Reaction liberates gaseous products and may cause pressurization
- Intense or explosive reaction: Reaction may be particularly intense, violent, or explosive
- Toxic: Reaction products may be toxic
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May produce the following gases:
- Nitrogen Oxides
Details
Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)
Chlorosilanes
Hazard Predictions
- Explosive: Reaction products may be explosive or sensitive to shock or friction
- Generates gas: Reaction liberates gaseous products and may cause pressurization
- Intense or explosive reaction: Reaction may be particularly intense, violent, or explosive
- Toxic: Reaction products may be toxic
The combination of organonitrates and chlorosilanes may result in a vigorous reaction similar to other strong halogenating agents. See documentation below:
Nitrobenzene forms an explosive mixture with PCl5 (Lewis, R.J., Sr. 1992. Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials, 8th Edition. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. pp. 2518.), which may violently decompose and produce toxic NOx gases (Mellor, J.W. 1940. Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd. Vol. 8, pp. 898.).
Alkyl nitrates react violently with BF3 after an induction period, evolving a gas (Boschan, R. et al. 1960. Journal of Organic Chemistry 35:2012.).
Nitromethane can react violently with bromine (Urben, P.G. 1995. Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards, 5th Ed. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 112.).
Caution should be used before proceeding. Further research of comparable examples in the literature or very small scale, carefully controlled experiments may be needed to fully assess compatibility. The generation of gases may be rather slow, however confinement may lead to dangerous conditions.
Potential Gas Byproducts
- Nitrogen Oxides (NOx)