Mechanochemical method of producing triethoxysilane

A mechanochemical method for synthesis of triethoxysilane from silicon-copper contact mass and ethyl alcohol in the developed vibration reactor is presented. It is shown that the process of a direct alkoxysilane synthesis in the vibro-boiling layer is affected by a series of control parameters such as the ratio between the contact mass and the mass of grinding bodies, the grinding body sizes and their ratios in a polydisperse mixture, power density. Optimization of these parameters allowed us to obtain HSi(OEt)3 with a selectivity of 50% at a silicon conversion of 90% without the use of promoters.