title: Planar chiral dialkoxysilane: introduction of inherent chirality and high reactivity in conventional achiral alkene.
abstract: A simple eight-membered dialkoxysilane (E)-1 prepared from 2-pentene-1,5-diol, showed remarkably stable planar chirality along with high reactivity toward epoxidation, Diels-Alder reaction, and cycloaddition reaction with azide.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580 (Japan), Fax: (+81) 92-583-7810. ktomooka@cm.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Katsuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomooka
authors.forename: Shouji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyasaka
authors.forename: Shougo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Motomura
authors.forename: Kazunobu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Igawa
keywords: alkenes; chirality; cyclic molecules; dialkoxysilanes; stereoselective transformations