The electrochemical reductive trimethylsilylation of aryl chlorides: a good route to aryltrimethylsilanes and a novel route to tris (trimethylsilyl) cyclohexadienes

…, P Pons, MP Leger-Lambert, J Dunogues

Index: Bordeau, Michel; Biran, Claude; Pons, Pierrette; Leger-Lambert, Marie-Pierre; Dunogues, Jacques Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1992 , vol. 57, # 17 p. 4705 - 4711

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Abstract

The electroreductive trimethylsilylation of aryl chlorides RC &14Cl (R= H, o-Me, m-Me, p-Me) can be controlled so as to give, in good yields, either the corresponding aryltrimethylsilanes (products of the reduction of the carbon-chlorine bond) or mixtures of cis-and trans-tris (trimethylsilyl) cyclohexa-1, 3 (or 1, 4)-dienes (products of the successive reduction of the carbon-chlorine bond and the partial reduction of the aromatic ring). Which of the two ...