Activation of C-H Bonds of Heterocyclic and Alicyclic Compounds Using Calcium Atom

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/bcsj.60.2255

Calcium atoms have been inserted into C-H bonds of heterocyclic (furans and thiophene) and alicyclic compounds (cyclohexanes and cyclopentane) to give the corresponding organocalcium hydrides.The organocalcium hydrides thus produced reacted with trimethylchlorosilane to give trimethylsilyl-substituted heterocyclic and alicyclic compounds, and a reduced product (trimethylsilane).