Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... The first synthesis of a monomeric C-unsubstituted silole is described. The 1,1-dimethylsilole is prepared by dehydration of 1,1-dimethyl-1-silacyclopent-4-en-3-ol, and characterized by its PMR spectrum at room temperature and by the Diels—Alder adducts.