A Convenient Synthetic Route to Methylated Silacyclohexanes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00362a009

The von Braun degradation of substituted piperidines is a general and economical route to a variety of substituted primary and secondary α,ω-dibromopentanes.Grignard ring closure procedures have been carried out with seven different dibromopentanes in moderate to good yields.Ring closures with MeClSiCl2 lead to product mixtures which are appreciably enriched in one isomer, affording a convenient entry into a variety of derivatives which can be used for stereochemical studies.Assignment of structures based on 1H NMR and mass spectral fragmentation patterns is discussed