Synthetic applications of stereodefined 2-substituted 1-silyl-1-stannylethenes: A new synthesis of 5-ethenyl-5'-(1-propynyl)-2,2'-bithiophene, a naturally-occurring phototoxin

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919108021778

(E)-2-(5-Trimethylstannyl-2-thienyl)ethenyldimethylphenylsilane, (E)-8, which can be stereospecifically prepared from (Z)-1-dimethylphenylsilyl-2-(2-thienyl)-1-trimethylstannyl-ethene, (Z)-6, or from (E)-2-(2-thienyl)ethenyldimethylphenylsilane, (E)-9, se