Gas-phase pyrolysis of phenyltrimethylsilyldiazomethane. Intramolecular chemistry of phenyltrimethylsilylcarbene

W Ando, A Sekiguchi, AJ Rothschild…

Index: Ando,W. et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1977 , vol. 99, p. 6995 - 6999

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Abstract: The gas-phase generation of phenyltrimethylsilylcarbene through the pyrolysis of phenyltrimethylsilyldiazomethane yields ditrimethylsilylstilbene (1 3%), 1, I-dimethyl-I- silabenzocyclopentene (1 5-20%), benzyltrimethqlsilane (2%), and styrene (2-5%). The major product arises through a carbene-to-carbene rearrangement. The styrene is probably formed by decomposition of the product of carbon-hydrogen insertion, l, l-dimethyl-2- ...