[craken66]

Hello, I have some problems...

Si has reactable four site like Carbon.

So, I made following one.

            OR
            |
    Et2N-Si-NEt2
            |
            OR

And, I want to obtain

            OR
            |
      RO-Si-OR
            |
            OR

By using following reaction,

            OR
            |
    Et2N-Si-NEt2  +  2 K(+)(-)OR  ---->
            |
            OR

I want to metion whether this is possible or not.

Thank you for your reading~~

[agrobert]

References?  Or is this an idea?

[movies]

Based on pK_a's, this would not be favorable.  You are essentially trading an alkoxide for an amide.  The pK_a's for the conjugate acids would be ~17 and ~33, respectively.

[DrCMS]

Based on pK_a's, this would not be favorable.  You are essentially trading an alkoxide for an amide.  The pK_a's for the conjugate acids would be ~17 and ~33, respectively.

There speaks an organic chemist not a silicon chemist.  Silicon is similar to carbon but different enough to favour different reaction pathways.

Si-O bonds are the second strongest covalent bond, only Si-F is stronger, so Si-O bonds are almost always favoured.

What is the R group?  How did you make the first compound?