Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... The source of a rate retardation of the trimethylsilyl substituent in an alkylation reaction is probed. ... The reagent is prepared by standard exchange methods (NaI, acetone) on the mesylate (91%). Purification was effected by distillation in the dark (25°C, 0.5 mm, trapped at ...