Ring contraction of cyclohexasilanes to silylcyclopentasilanes and the preparation of monofunctional nonamethylcyclopentasilanes

M Ishikawa, M Kumada

Index: Ishikawa,M.; Kumada,M. Journal of the Chemical Society [Section] D: Chemical Communications, 1969 , p. 567 - 568

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Abstract

Dodecamethylcyclohexasilane undergoes ring contraction with aluminium chloride as catalyst in the presence or absence of trimethylchlorosilane to give, respectively, chlorodimethylsilyl-or trimethylsilyl-cyclo-pentasilane, the former being convertible into monofunctional nonamethylcyclopentasilanes.