1,2-Bis-(trialkylsilyl)ethanes: Synthons for vicinal dications?

Autor: Xiangyang Xuan, Daniel Hsu, Burchelle Blackman, Albert J. Fry, John M. Porter
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: Tetrahedron Letters. 38:7147-7150
ISSN: 0040-4039
DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(97)01770-x
Popis: Anodic oxidation of 1,2- bis -(trimethylsilyl)-1,2-diphenylethane in methanol affords a 65:35 mixture of 1,2-dimethoxy-1,2-diphenylethane ( dl:meso = 10:1 and diphenylacetaldehyde dimethylacetal. The results can be interpreted in terms of a 1,2-diaryl-2-methoxyethyl cation, which can undergo either nucleophilic attack by solvent or rearrangement to a 2,2-diaryl-1-methoxyethyl cation. Experiments testing the generality of the reaction are described.
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