Synthesis and thermal ring expansion of 2-methylene-1, 1-dimethylsilacyclobutane

RT Conlin, HB Huffaker, YW Kwak

Index: Conlin,R.T.; Huffaker,H.B.; Kwak,Y.W. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1985 , vol. 107, p. 731

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Abstract

Early studies of the degenerate rearrangement of methylenecyclobutane'provided new insight into the influence of substituents on the thermal isomerization2 of four-membered rings. Difficulty with the synthesis of the analogous methylenesilacyclobutanes, however, has impeded progress toward understanding the role of a metal atom on the course of isomerizations of metallocyclobutanes. We report herein the first synthesis of a 2- ...