Photochemically induced [2+ 2] cycloaddition of a silacyclopentadiene with carbon disulfide

…, S Kyushin, M Ohashi, H Sakurai, K Ueno, S Kanouchi

Index: Nakadaira, Yasuhiro; Ohkura, Yoshiyuki; Kyushin, Soichiro; Ohashi, Mamoru; Sakurai, Hideki; Ueno, Kimitoshi; Kanouchi, Seiichi Tetrahedron Letters, 1992 , vol. 33, # 28 p. 4013 - 4016

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Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... A silacyclopentadiene (silole) undergoes photo-induced [2+2] cycloaddition with CS 2 to afford the corresponding β-dithiolactones. The electron transfer from singlet excited state of the silole to CS 2 is shown to play an important role in the cycloaddition reaction.