The electrogeneration of diorganylsilanones from difunctional precursors Y(CH2)3(Me)SiX2 and Ph2SiX2 (Y = NH2, CF3, CN; X = Cl, OEt, OMe), performed in the presence of hexamethyldisiloxane or hexamethylcyclotrisiloxane (D3) in the ionic liquids [C5H5NC8F18]·NTf2, [C5H5NC18H38]·NTf2 and Me3BuN·NTf2, which reveal high solubility of oxygen and are inert toward superoxide anion, allows functionalized siloxanes to be produced selectively in good isolated yields.
