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Free radical rearrangement of alkenyl epoxy silanes. Isolation of α-trimethylsilyl aldehydes

J Robertson, JN Burrows

Index: Robertson, Jeremy; Burrows, Jeremy N. Tetrahedron Letters, 1994 , vol. 35, # 22 p. 3777 - 3780

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Abstract

Abstract The thiyl-radical induced fragmentation of alkenyl epoxy silanes has been found to afford α-trimethylsilyl aldehydes as the immediate products. These may be isolated, rearranged to trimethylsilyl dienol ethers, or converted to 1, 3-dienes with high stereoselectivity.