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प्रश्न
Explain the following reaction.
Silicon is heated with methyl chloride at high temperature in the presence of copper.
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उत्तर
When silicon reacts with methyl chloride in the presence of copper (catalyst) and at a temperature of about 537 K, a class of organosilicon polymers called methyl-substituted chlorosilanes (MeSiCl3, Me2SiCl2, Me3SiCl, and Me4Si) are formed
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