Chemistry Letters

6, 6-Dimethyl-6-Silafulvene. Generation and Trapping Reactions

Y Nakadaira, H Sakaba, H Sakurai

Index: Nakadaira, Yasuhiro; Sakaba, Hiroyuki; Sakurai, Hideki Chemistry Letters, 1980 , p. 1071 - 1074

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Citation Number: 14

Abstract

6, 6-Dimethyl-6-silafulvene generated from (allyl)(cyclopentadienyl) dimethylsilane reacts with a trapping reagent such as methanol, benzaldehyde, and benzophenone to give (cyclopentadienyl)(methoxy) dimethylsilane, 6-phenylfulvene, and 6, 6-diphenylfulvene, respectively. Without a trapping reagent, the silafulvene undergoes dimerization.