The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Platinum-Catalyzed Reactions of Silacyclobutanes and 1, 3-Disilacyclobutanes

DR Weyenberg, LE Nelson

Index: Weyenberg,D.R.; Nelson,L.E. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1965 , vol. 30, p. 2618 - 2621

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Citation Number: 135

Abstract

Discussion An exothermic conversion of silacyclobutanes Ia-c to polymers IIIa-c occurs on heating these monomers at 50 to looo with catalytic amounts of platinum supported on carbon or with a solution of chloroplatinic acid (10-100 ppm of platinum). A similar conversion