Organometallic alkenes: the first stable silene in the neopentyl series

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(94)87133-7

The simple synthesis in nearly quantitative yield of dimesitylneopentylsilene 3, the first stable silene in the neopentyl series, was performed using t-butyllithium and dimesitylvinylfluorosilane. 3 was isolated by crystallization from pentane and charact