Journal of Organometallic Chemistry

Trimethylsilylmethyl and bis (trimethylsilyl) methyl derivatives of boron, aluminium, cadmium and mercury

S Al-Hashimi, JD Smith

Index: Al-Hashimi,S.; Smith,J.D. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1978 , vol. 153, p. 253 - 263

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Abstract

Abstract Reactions between bis (trimethylsilyl) methyllithium and the chlorides ECl 3 (E= B or Al) yield the di [bis (trimethylsilyl) methyl] derivatives [(Me 3 Si) 2 CH] 2 ECl. The boron compound may be converted by compounds HX (X= OH, NH 2, NMe 2) in the presence of bases to compounds [(Me 3 Si) 2 CH] 2 BX but the aluminium—carbon bond in [(Me 3 Si) 2 CH] 2 AlCl is easily broken with formation of (Me 3 Si) 2 CH 2. Bis (trimethylsilylmethyl) ...