GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
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Abstract
An efficient alcoholysis reaction of silicon tetrafluoride with alcohols in the presence of magnesium can directly prepare tetraalkoxysilane and magnesium fluoride. The reaction can afford tetraethoxysilane, tetramethoxysilane, and magnesium fluoride in good yields with the aid of a catalytic amount of iodine.