Abstract An investigation of the stereochemical course of the reductive metallation of silyl chlorides with silicon-centred chirality has revealed two major events which are detrimental to stereoselection during silyl anion formation:(1) chloride-induced racemisation of silyl chlorides and (2) nonstereoselective formal dimerisation during metallation providing the corresponding disilane. In control experiments, the stereochemical course of these ...
![(SiRS)-1-[(1R,2S,5R)-menthyloxy]-(2-methylphenyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-silanaphthalene Structure](https://image.chemsrc.com/caspic/066/847787-59-1.png)
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