PHOTOLYSIS AND THERMOLYSIS OF 1,2,3-TRISILACYCLOPENTENE. REGIOSPECIFIC AND NON-REGIOSPECIFIC SILYLENE EXTRUSION.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1984.393

1,2,3-Trisilacyclopent-4-ene generates silylene to give 1,2-disilacyclobut-3-ene on both photolysis and thermolysis.The silylene arises from either the central or the terminal silicon atom of the ring depending on the nature of substituents on the central