Observations and comments on the thermal behavior of 7-silanorbornadienes

TJ Barton, WF Goure, JL Witiak, WD Wulff

Index: Barton, Thomas J.; Goure, William F.; Witiak, Joanne L.; Wulff, William D. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1982 , vol. 225, # 1 p. 87 - 106

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Abstract

Abstract Evidence for a radical mechanism in the thermal decomposition of a 7- silanorbornadiene is presented. It is demonstrated that 2-car☐ y-7-silanorbornadienes undergo a formal 1, 5-migration of silicon to formO-silyl enol ethers. An earlier suggested rearrangement of a 7-silanorbornadiene to a silepin or silanorcaradiene is excluded. A recent report of thermal and photochemical epimerization of 7-silanorbornadienes is ...