Question

Alkyl chlorosilanes are made by $RX$ with silicon in presence of

• A. $Cu$ powder
• B. $N{H}_{4}OH$
• C. $Mn$ powder
• D. $Zn$ powder.

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

$2RCl+Si\underset{570K}{\overset{\text{Cu powder}}{\to }}{R}_{2}SiC{l}_2$