Reactions of methylchlorodisilanes with Grignard reagents

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/BF00696930

Reactions of Cl2MeSiSiMeCl2 with RMgCl make it possible to obtain and isolate pure disilanes containing a smaller number of functional groups, namely, RMeClSiSiMeCl2 (R = Ph), RMeClSiSiMeRCl (R = Prⁱ, Ph), and R2MeSiSiMeRCl (R = Buⁱ).The reaction of Cl2MeSiSiMeCl2 with BuⁿMgCl is the least selective.The chlorides obtained were reduced with LiAlH4 into the corresponding hydrides.