Flood Reaction

E. A. Flood, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 55, 1735 (1933).

Formation of trialkylsilyl halides from hexaalkyldisiloxanes using concentrated sulfuric acid in the presence of ammonium chloride or fluoride, or by treatment of the intermediate silane sulfates with hydrogen chloride in the presence of ammonium sulfate:

H. W. Post, Silicones and Other Organic Compounds (New York, 1949) p 64; E. G. Rochow et al., The Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds (New York, 1957) p 158, 159. Synthetic applications: L. Birkofer, O. Stuhl, Top. Curr. Chem. 88, 33 (1980).