Palladium complex catalyzed Si-Si bond metathesis dimerization of 3,4-benzo-1,2-dimethyl-1,2-diethyl-1,2-disilacyclobut-3-ene and isomerization of the resulting and relevant dimers

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(96)06318-8

Palladium-phosphine complex catalyzed Si-Si bond metathesis dimerization of 3,4-benzo-1,2-dimethyl-1,2-diethyl-1,2-disilacyclobut-3-ene (1b) took place at 80°C to give 3,4,7,8-dibenzo-1,2,5,6-tetramethyl-1,2,5,6-tetraethyl-1,2,5,6-tetrasilacycloocta-3,7-d