Solution-phase far-UV photochemistry of unsaturated organosilanes: dehydrosilylation, dyotropic rearrangement, and protodesilylation

MG Steinmetz, MA Langston, RT Mayes…

Index: Steinmetz, Mark G.; Langston, Mark A.; Mayes, Richard T.; Udayakumar, B. S. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1986 , vol. 51, # 26 p. 5051 - 5063

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Mark G. Steinmetz,* Mark A. Langston, Richard T. Mayes, and BS Udayakumar Department of Chemistry, Marquette Uniuersity, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233 Received September 8, 1986 ... Photolysis of 1,1,3,3-tetramethyl-1,3-disilacyclopentene (1) at 214 nm in methanol, 2,2,2-trifluornethanol , or tert-butyl alcohol gave 5-alkoxy-3,3,5-trimethyl-3,5-disila-l-hexenes ... 2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy , 30%), or 4c (RO = tert-butoxy, 24%), 4-11 % yields of 1,1,3,3-tetramethyl-2-methylene- ...