Lithium 2,2′‐Biphenyldiyltrimethylsilicate; First Observation of Pentaorganosilicates

A.H.J.F. de Keijzer, Franciscus J. J. de Kanter, Marius Schakel, Robert F. Schmitz, G. W. Klumpp

Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English · 1996 · 38 citations · 10 references

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Abstract

Postulated previously only as intermediates, lithium pentaorganosilicates of type 2-L4 (L = THF, hexamethylphosphoric triamide), which are in equilibrium with silafluorene 1 and the corresponding organolithium, have now been detected at low temperatures by NMR spectroscopy.

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