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Photoinduced electron-transfer reaction of 7, 8-disilabicyclo [2.2. 2] octa-2, 5-dienes

…, K Seiji, M Ninomiya, Y Nakadaira, M Yasui, F Iwasaki…

Index: Kako; Hatakenaka; Kakuma; Ninomiya; Nakadaira; Yasui; Iwasaki; Wakasa; Hayashi Tetrahedron Letters, 1999 , vol. 40, # 6 p. 1133 - 1136

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Abstract

9, 10-Dicyanoanth racene-sen sitized irradiation of 7, 8-di silabicyclo [2.2. 2] octa-2, 5- dienes 1–3 in the presence of MeOH resulted in the formation of dimethoxydisilanes and the corresponding aromatic compounds. A stepwise mechanism involving C Si bond cleavage by MeOH is proposed.