Novel generation of azomethine ylide from N-(α-silylbenzyl)amide by silicon shift: An equivalent of nitrile ylide

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)93562-7

Azomethine ylides were generated from N-(α-silylbenzyl)amides by thermal silicon shift to the oxygen and trapped with dipolarophiles to give the same products as those from the corresponding nitrile ylides via elimination of silanol.