A method is presented for the synthesis of tertiary, secondary, ether and a polysilanylpotassium compound. This route allows easy and flexible access to a number of novel polysilaand primary polysilylpotassium compounds. Reaction of potassium tert- butoxide, in either DME or THF, with a suitable nylpotassium compounds, avoiding the hitherto common use of poisonous mercury compounds. precursor molecule, proceeds by ...
[Brook, A. G.; Nyburg, S. C.; Abdesaken, Fereydon; Gutenkunst, Brigitte; Gutenkunst, Gerhard; et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1982 , vol. 104, # 21 p. 5667 - 5672]