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Imine Metathesis by Silica-Supported Catalysts Using the Methodology of Surface Organometallic Chemistry
Published on: October 18, 2019
Evidence for formation of silenes strongly influenced by reversed Si[double bond]C bond polarity
Ibrahim El-Sayed1, Tamaz Guliashvili, Rita Hazell
1Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Box 531, Uppsala University, 751 21 Uppsala, Sweden.
Abstract:
[reaction: see text] Transient silenes that are strongly influenced by reversed Si[double bond]C bond polarization are formed upon heating of tris(trimethylsilyl)silylamides. The silenes are trapped with 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene to quantitatively yield only one of the possible diastereomers of the functionalized cyclic allylsilanes.
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