... A NEW REDUCTIVE SILYLATION OF p-QUINONES WITH HEXAMETHYLDISILANE CATALYZED BY IODINE Hideyuki MATSUMOTO, Shunji KOIKE, Ikuya MATSUBARA, Taichi NAKANO, and Yoichiro NAGAI Department of Chemistry, Gunma University, Kiryu, Gunma 376 In the presence of a catalytic amount of iodine, hexamethyl- ... Page 2. 534 Chemistry Letters, 1 9 8 2 Table 1. Reductive Silylation of p-Quinones with Hexamethyldisilane in the ...