1,n-TRIORGANOSILYL MIGRATIONS IN THE REARRANGEMENTS OF SILYL-SUBSTITUTED ORGANOLITHIUM COMPOUNDS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-328X(00)86806-0

Under the agency of the potent lithiating agent, n-butyllithium in TMEDA, an array of organosilanes was found to undergo 1,n-silyl rearangements via carbanionic intermediates.Unambiguous 1,2-, 1,3- and 1,4-silyl shifts were unconvered in 1-trimethylsilyl-