Selective Si--C bond cleavage as synthetic entry to a functionalized lithiosilane.
Treatment of the phenyl-substituted silane 4 with lithium metal afforded the functionalized lithiosilane rac-2 by selective cleavage of one Si-C bond between silicon and a phenyl group. The resulting lithiosilane rac-2 crystallizes as the dimer (2.THF)2, which represents the first example of a dimeric organyl-substituted lithiosilane in the presence of THF.
Strohmann
Carsten
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Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
Schildbach
Daniel
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Auer
Dominik
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