Hypervalent silicon hydrides: evidence of their intermediacy in the reaction of optically active 1-NpPhMeSiH(D) with hydrides

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(89)87270-5

Racemisation of optically active 1-NpPhMeSi^*H(D) takes place rapidly in the presence of hydrides (KH, LiAlH4, or LiAlD4) in THF at room temperature.Under more drastic conditions, i.e. 50 deg C for 24 h, (+)-1-NpPhMeSiH gave the racemic (+/-)-1-