REGIOSELECTIVE HYDROSILYLATION-DESILYLATION - CONVENIENT PREPARATION OF A 2-(TRIMETHYLSILYL)-1-ALKENE

Vinylsilanes are compounds of increasing importance in organic synthesis,3 in part because they undergo electrophilic substitution reactions with a variety of reagents and thus serve as vinyl anion equivalents3, 4 and in part because the derived α,β-epoxysilanes can serve as versatile vinyl cation equivalents.5 A number of methods for the synthesis of vinylsilanes have been reported,6, 7 but few of these are suited for the preparation of 2-(trimethylsilyl)-1-alkenes.7. © 1979, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.