Potassium t-butoxide or silver acetate induced ring enlargement of silacyclobutane into silacyclopentane. Application to the Synthesis of 1,4-Diol

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(91)80175-6

Treatment of 1-(1-iodoalkyl)-1-silacyclobutanes with t-BuOK or AgOAc provided 2-alkyl-1-silacyclopentanes which were easily converted into 1,4-diols by oxidative cleavage of carbon-silicon bonds.