A one-pot preparation of allylsilanes and (Z)-alk-2-enylsilanes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-1997-1160

Metalation of alk-1-enes, using the mixture of butyllithium and potassium tert-butoxide in tetrahydropyran, followed by stereohomogenization and ultimate treatment with chlorotrimethylsilane afforded a series of alk-2-enyltrimethylsilanes in good yield and with (Z/E) ratios ranging from 95:5 to 98:2. The deprotonation of propene can be rapidly and readily accomplished with a stoichiometric amount of the superbase suspended in pentane on a 1 mol scale.