Canadian Journal of Chemistry

Alkoxycarbenes from the thermolysis of silyl ketals

AG Brook, PJ Dillon

Index: Brook,A.G.; Dillon,P.J. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 1969 , vol. 47, p. 4347 - 4351

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Citation Number: 27

Abstract

It is shown that α, α-dimethoxybenzylsilanes thermally rearrange to give methoxysilanes and phenylmethoxycarbene; the latter species has been trapped by a variety of reagents. The rearrangement involves retention of configuration at an asymmetric silicon center. While α, α-