title: 7-silylcycloheptatrienes and analogues: reactivity and selectivity in cascade processes.
abstract: 7-Silyl- and 7-silylmethylcycloheptatrienes react with acylnitroso reagents at room temperature to provide the corresponding silyl- and silymethylnorcaradiene cycloadducts. Depending on the reaction conditions, 7-silylmethylcycloheptatriene was also shown to provide, through cascade processes, functionalized cyclohexa-1,3-dienes or bicyclic synthons, incorporating one and two amino groups, respectively, that may be elaborated further, for instance, into sugar mimics.
authors.affiliation: University Bordeaux 1, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires, UMR-CNRS 5255, 351, cours de la libération, 33405 Talence cedex 05, France. y.landais@ism.u-bordeaux1.fr
authors.forename: Redouane
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Beniazza
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Desvergnes
authors.forename: Yannick
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Landais