First experimental evidence for the formation of a silicate anion by intramolecular addition of a persulfoxide to a trimethylsiloxy group

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(98)01485-3

The photooxidation of an α-trimethylsiloxysulfide has been studied. The reaction generates a persulfoxide which can be trapped by diphenylsulfoxide, decompose to generate triplet oxygen and substrate, or rearrange to a silicate product via a silicate intermediate.