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Novel one-pot synthesis of aryltris(trimethylsilyl)silanes
Mahesh J Sanganee1, Patrick G Steel, Daniel K Whelligan
1Department of Chemistry, University of Durham, Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry
|April 12, 2003
Abstract:
The simple combination of tris(trimethylsilyl)potassium, ArMgBr, and ArBr provides a novel "one-pot" synthesis of aryl(tristrimethylsilyl)silanes. A mechanistic rationale for this conversion is proposed.