title: Synthesis and fluoride-promoted wittig rearrangements of alpha-alkoxysilanes.
abstract: [formula: see text] Lewis acid-catalyzed reaction of allyl and benzyl trichloroacetimidates with alpha-silyl alcohols was found to be a general method for the synthesis of alpha-alkoxysilanes. Upon exposure to CsF, these alpha-alkoxysilanes could be made to undergo [2,3]-Wittig rearrangement with an efficiency similar to that realized by the analogous but inherently more toxic alpha-alkoxystannanes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824, USA. maleczka@cem.msu.edu
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Maleczka
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Geng
mesh_terms: D012821:Silanes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D012821:Silanes