CHEMISTRY OF ORGANOSILICON COMPOUNDS CLXXXVIII. REACTION OF ORGANODISILANES WITH DIENES CATALYZED BY TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES. PREPARATION OF 1,8-BIS(TRIMETHYLSILYL)OCTA-2,6-DIENE AND ITS USE IN THE SYNTHESIS OF dl-MUSCONE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(84)85148-7

Organodisilanes, Me_3-nX_nSiSiX_nMe_3-n (X = Cl and MeO, n = 0, 1, 2) undergo efficient 1:2 addition reactions with butadiene and isoprene in the presence of a catalytic amount of a suitable palladium complex.One of the products, the title compound, was used as a starting material for a short synthesis of dl-muscone.