A Highly Enantiomerically Enriched Lithiosilane by Selective Cleavage of a Silicon–Phenyl Bond with Lithium

Abstract

On the path to chiral polysilanes, the synthesis and first structural characterization of the enantiomerically pure tetrasilane (R)-3 was achieved. A new synthetic strategy was used, by which the cleavage of a silicon–phenyl bond in the substrate (R)-1 generated as intermediate the enantiomerically enriched lithiosilane 2. Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under http://www.wiley-vch.de/contents/jc_2002/2007/z604636_s.pdf or from the author. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.