Electrophilic attack at allylsilanes. A quantitative determination of the β-silyl effect

Mayr, Herbert and Pock, Rudolf (1986): Electrophilic attack at allylsilanes. A quantitative determination of the β-silyl effect. In: Tetrahedron, Vol. 42, No. 15: pp. 4211-4214

Abstract

The relative reactivities of allylsilanes and alkenes towards diarylmethyl cations have been determined by competition experiments. Introduction of a β-trimethylsilyl group increases the reactivity of propene towards the diphenylmethyl cation by a factor of 30700.

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• Collections: Chemistry and Pharmacy
• Subjects: 500 Science > 540 Chemistry