Journal of the American Chemical Society 2004-05-05

Synthesis of a silene from 1,1-dilithiosilole and 2-adamantanone.

Irina S Toulokhonova, Ilia A Guzei, Robert West

Index: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126(17) , 5336-7, (2004)

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Abstract

Reaction of 1,1-dilithio-1-sila-2,3,4,5-tetraphenylsilole with 2-adamantanone produces a 5-silafulvene. This represents a new method for synthesis of silenes, leading to the first example of a silapentafulvene.