The Journal of organic chemistry

Electrochemical Synthesis of 1, 2-Disilylethanes from α-Silylacetic Acids

AV Shtelman, JY Becker

Index: Shtelman, Alex V.; Becker, James Y. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2011 , vol. 76, # 11 p. 4710 - 4714

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Abstract

The synthesis of 1, 2-disilylethanes [R1R2R3Si (CH2) 2SiR1R2R3] is usually conducted by using noble metal reagents or catalysts. This work describes a new electrochemical synthetic method for their preparation in good yields by oxidation of α-silylacetic acids at Pt anodes (Kolbe electrolysis). Most of the reported synthesized 1, 2-disilylethanes in this work are unknown.