TOWARDS TETRASILABICYCLOBUTANE: REDUCTIVE COUPLING OF 1-t-BUTYL-2,2-DIMESITYL-1,1,2-TRICHLORODISILANE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)98850-6

Reductive coupling of 1-t-butyl-2,2-dimesityl-1,1,2-trichlorodisilane employing Li-naphthalenide furnishes, on oxygenation or hydrolysis of the reaction mixture, products (8-11) that may arise from insertion of oxygen into or the addition of water across