Chemistry Letters

Boron-Metal Exchange Reaction of Silylboranes with Organometallic Reagents: A New Route to Arylsilyl Anions.

A Kawachi, T Minamimoto, K Tamao

Index: Kawachi, Atsushi; Minamimoto, Takashi; Tamao, Kohei Chemistry Letters, 2001 , # 12 p. 1216 - 1217

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Citation Number: 17

Abstract

The boron–metal exchange reaction of (arylsilyl) boranes with alkyllithiums, potassium tert- butoxide, and methylmagnesium bromide affords the corresponding silyllithium, silylpotassium, and silylmagnesium compounds, respectively. Especially, the boron–lithium exchange reaction occurs even in hydrocarbon solvents such as toluene and hexane as well as in THF.