Chemistry Letters

Generation of organic cations from group 14 organometallic compounds via photoinduced electron transfer in the presence of Cu (II) salt

K Mizuno, M Yasueda, Y Otsuji

Index: Mizuno, Kazuhiko; Yasueda, Masahiro; Otsuji, Yoshio Chemistry Letters, 1988 , p. 229 - 232

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Citation Number: 27

Abstract

Irradiations of acetonitrile-alcohol (3: 1) solutions of arylmethyl silanes, germane, or stannanes in the presence of Cu (BF 4) 2 gave alkyl arylmethyl ethers in good yields via arylmethyl cations. The efficiency of this photoreaction increased in the order of Si-< Ge-< Sn- compounds.

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