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7-SILANORBORNADIENES AND THEIR THERMAL CYCLOELIMINATION
Mayer, Bernd,Neumann, Wilhelm P.
, p. 4887 - 4890 (1980)
Thermolysis of 22 7-silanorbornadienes (18 of them are new) forming silylene R2Si and the corresponding benzene derivatives is shown to be a two step reaction enhanced by higher stability of the intermediate biradical.Evidence for the latter is given by trapping and ESR experiments.
