Evidence for formation of silenes strongly influenced by reversed Si[double bond]C bond polarity

Org Lett. 2002 May 30;4(11):1915-8. doi: 10.1021/ol025920w.

Abstract

[reaction: see text] Transient silenes that are strongly influenced by reversed Si[double bond]C bond polarization are formed upon heating of tris(trimethylsilyl)silylamides. The silenes are trapped with 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene to quantitatively yield only one of the possible diastereomers of the functionalized cyclic allylsilanes.