An efficient procedure for the preparation of chiral β-substituted (E)-crotylsilanes: Application of a rhodium(II) catalyzed silylformylation of terminal alkynes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(95)01894-N

Functionalized β-substituted (E)-crotylsilanes (R)-7 and (S)-8, bearing an alkyl or aryl group adjacent to the stereogenic C-Si center have been synthesized in an efficient four-step procedure initiated with a regio- and stereoselective silylformylation o