title: Development of a sila-Friedel-Crafts reaction and its application to the synthesis of dibenzosilole derivatives.
abstract: An intramolecular sila-Friedel-Crafts reaction was developed and applied to the synthesis of dibenzosilole derivatives. This reaction proceeds under mild conditions to afford the target in relatively high yield, indicating its availability as a versatile synthetic method. The synthesis of trisilasumanene, a silicon analogue of sumanene, was achieved using the present reaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Shunsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: Junji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawashima