Canadian journal of chemistry

Reactions of dimethylsilylene with pinenes

D Wang, TH Chan

Index: Wang, Dong; Chan, T. H. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 1987 , vol. 65, p. 2727 - 2731

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Abstract

Photolysis of β-pinene and dodecamethylhexasilane (2) followed by methanol quenching gave the allylsilane 5 and the methoxysilane 6. The intermediacy of the silirane 7 was proposed. Photolysis of α-pinene and 2 gave 6 only. The formation of another silirane 15 as intermediate was verified by deuterium labelling experiment. The potential of silylene chemistry in organic synthesis was examined.