Preparation and Regioselective Metalation of Bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl‐Substituted Aryl Derivatives

A range of bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl‐substituted aryl derivatives was prepared by using a Kumada–Corriu cross‐coupling reaction. The regioselective metalation of the resulting bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl‐substituted aryl derivatives bearing this bulky silyl group allowed the generation of functionalized aromatics. A regioselective switch in the presence or in the absence of the bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl group has been demonstrated. Furthermore, this silyl group was converted into a formyl group or a styryl group, enhancing the scope of application of such bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl‐substituted arenes.     

Highly regioselective synthesis of 2,3,4-trisubstituted 1H-pyrroles: a formal total synthesis of lukianol A

A combined use of alpha-lithiation and nucleophilic substitutions of N,N-dimethyl 3,4-bis(trimethylsilyl)-1H-pyrrole-1-sulfonamide 8c led to several 2-substituted 3, 4-bis(trimethylsilyl)-1H-pyrrole-1-sulfonamides. Utilizing the beta-effect of a trimethylsilyl group, a highly regioselective synthesis of 2,3,4-trisubstituted 1H-pyrroles 23 and 34 was accomplished. The marine natural product lukianol A (3) was prepared utilizing this strategy.     

Intermolecular Phosphoryl Transfer Between Serine and Histidine Residues

A novel intermolecular phosphoryl transfer from O-trimethylsilyl-N-(O, O-diisopropyl)phosphoryl serine trimethylsilyl ester to N, N‘-bis(trimethylsilyl) histidine trimethylsilyl ester wasstudied through electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). It was proposed that thetransfer reaction went through penta-coordinated phosphorus intermediate.     

A Simple Preparation of Trimethylsilyl Acetic Acid

A facile access to trimethylsilyl acetic acid is described. The method involves the preparation of the corresponding trimethylsilyl ester in fairly good yield (70%).     

Reaction of sodium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide with 2-bromopyridine

A reaction of sodium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide with 2-bromopyridine leads to N,N-bis(trimethylsilyl)- and N,3-bis(trimethylsilyl)-2-pyridinamine.     

Stereoselective total synthesis of (S)-Virol C and (S)-1-dehydroxyvirol A

A stereoselective total synthesis of (S)-Virol C and (S)-1-dehydroxyvirol A has been developed, based upon the selective and sequential substitution of the two trimethylsilyl groups of readily available 1,4-bis(trimethylsilyl)-1,3-butadiyne.     

Reaction of bis(trimethylsiloxy)phosphine with trimethylsilane

Bis(trimethylsilyl) [3-(trimethylsilyl)propyl]phosphonate and trimethylsilyl [3-(trimethylsilyl)propyl]-phosphinate are obtained by the reaction of bis(trimethylsiloxy)phosphine with trimethylallylsilane and converted into [3-(trimethylsilyl)propyl]phosphinic and [3-(trimethylsilyl)propyl]phosphonic acid, respectively, by the reaction with methanol.     

Synthesis of some tris(trimethylsilyl)germyl compounds

A variety of compounds containing the tris(trimethylsilyl)germyl group were prepared and characterized spectroscopically. Photolysis of adamantoyltris(trimethylsilyl)germane failed to yield the isomeric germene: in CCl₄ the photolysis appeared to occur by a Norrish type 1 process.     

Serendipitous synthesis of alkyl trimethylsilyldithioformates by trapping of bis(trimethylsilyl)thione with alkanesulfenic acids. Synthesis of bis- and tris(trimethylsilyl)methanethiols.

Tris(trimethylsilyl)methanethiol, prepared from tris(trimethylsilyl)methane, can be easily converted into bis(trimethylsilyl)methanethiol and this to bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl alkanethiosulfinate esters; the latter upon heating afford alkyl trimethylsilyldithioformates via bis(trimethylsilyl)thione, which can be trapped with dienes.     

Structure and dynamics of t-butyldimethylsilyl amides

A series of N-alkyl- and N-aryl-t-butyldimethylsilyl amides have been prepared by amination and their structures determined by IR and NMR spectroscopy. Like their trimethylsilyl counterparts, the N-alkyl derivatives exist as amides while the N-aryl derivates exist as amide/imidate mixtures. The percentage of imidate and the free energies of activation for the imidate/amide exchange in the aryl derivatives are greater than those in the trimethylsilyl derivatives. The barriers to rotation in the amide form of the aryl derivatives are similar to those of the trimethylsilyl derivatives. The barrier for rotation in t-butyldimethylsilyl-N-methyl formamide, however, is lower than that of the trimethylsilyl derivative. Isomer ratios and free energies of activation are rationalized in terms of the steric effect of the t-butyl group.     

Convenient syntheses of 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-organyl-propan-2-ols and the corresponding trimethylsilyl ethers

A new convenient synthetic procedure to obtain various 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-organyl-propan-2-ols and the corresponding trimethylsilyl ethers has been worked out starting from anhydrides or activated esters of carboxylic acids and trimethyl(trifluoromethyl)silane in the presence of tetramethylammonium fluoride. Conditions for the selective formation of 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-organyl-propan-2-ols as well as the trimethylsilyl derivatives have been found.     

Synthesis of new α-aminonitriles containing organosilicon groups via three component Strecker reactions

A three-component efficient procedure is described for the synthesis of α-aminonitriles containing bis(trimethylsilyl)ethenyl groups from 4-[2,2-bis(trimethylsilyl)ethenyl]benzaldehyde (1), aromatic amines and trimethylsilyl cyanide (TMSCN). Reactions have been studied in the presence of various Lewis acids as catalysts or in ionic liquids under mild conditions. Compound (1) was obtained via Peterson olefination of terephthaldehyde with tris(trimethylsilyl)methyllithium, (Me₃Si)₃CLi, in THF at 0 °C.     

Asymmetric synthesis of 5-arylcyclohexenones by rhodium(I)-catalyzed conjugate arylation of racemic 5-(trimethylsilyl)cyclohexenone with arylboronic acids

[reaction: see text] A catalytic asymmetric conjugate arylation of racemic 5-(trimethylsilyl)cyclohex-2-enone with arylboronic acids was catalyzed by 3 mol % chiral amidophosphane- or BINAP-Rh(I) in dioxane-water (10:1) to afford trans- and cis-3-aryl-5-(trimethylsilyl)cyclohexanones in high enantioselectivity. Dehydrosilylation of the product mixture with cupric chloride in DMF gave 5-arylcyclohex-2-enones with up to 93% ee in good yield. Enantiofacial selectivity with chiral phosphane-Rh(I) exceeds the trans-diastereoselectivity that is maintained in the achiral or racemic phosphane-Rh(I)-catalyzed conjugate arylation of 5-(trimethylsilyl)cyclohexenone.     

Synthesis and reactions of silicon containing cyclic α-amino acid derivatives

A simple synthesis of a new amino acid derivative 5,6-bis(trimethylsilyl)indanylglycine via cobalt mediated [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition strategy is described. Co-trimerization of diyne building block containing amino acid moiety with bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene in presence of CpCo(CO)₂ catalyst afforded the silylated indane-based α-amino acid (AAA) derivative. Electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction, ipso to the trimethylsilyl group gave highly functionalised indane-based AAA derivatives.     

Regiospecific Displacement of the C-B Bond of Tris[4-(substituted)furan-3-yl]boroxines with C-Sn Bond and C-O Bond: Syntheses of 3,4-Disubstituted Furans and 4-Substituted-3(2H)-furanones,

Tris[4-(substituted)furan-3-yl]boroxines 2 , prepared from the corresponding 4-(substituted)-3-(trimethylsilyl) furan 1, were converted successfully to 4-(substituted)-3-(tributylstannyl)furans 3 through palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions with tributylstannyl chloride. Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of 3 with organohalides afforded 3,4-disubstituted furans 4 . Regiospecific iodination of 4-(trimethylsilyl)-3-((tributylstannyl) furan ( 3a ) gave 4-iodo-3-(trimethylsilyl)furan ( 5 ), which reacted with excess ethyl acrylate under a common Heck-condition to produce 2,3-bis(trans-ethoxycarbonylvinyl)-4-(trimethylsilyl)furan ( 6 ). A thermal 6-electrocyclic reaction followed by dehydration converted 6 into benzo[2,3-6]furan 8 . Oxidation of 2 generated the corresponding 4-substituted-3(2H)-furanones 9 .     

Trimethylsilyl derivatives of N-Boc-cytosine and their effect on I2-mediated nucleosidation of O-MTM ethers

Mono- and bis(trimethylsilyl) derivatives of N⁴-Boc-cytosine were synthesized and characterized by ¹H NMR. Only the mono(trimethylsilyl)-N⁴-Boc-cytosine participates in the iodine-mediated nucleosidation of N-Fmoc-O-methylthiomethyl serine benzyl ester to produce the cytosine nucleoamino acid, while the bis(trimethylsilyl) derivative failed to give any product. A tentative mechanistic explanation is proposed.     

Preparation and constitution of the Crystalline Silicic Acid Trimethylsilyl Ester [(CH3)3Si]6Si6O15

A new crystalline compound has been synthesized by trimethylsilylation of tetraethylammonium silicate which was identified by means of gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, ²⁹Si NMR and X-ray analysis to be a eage-like double three-ring silicic acid trimethylsilyl ester containing six inequivalent SiO₄ tetrahedra and trimethylsilyl groups.     

Sulfonation of aromatic and heterocyglic compounds with bis(trimethylsilyl) sulfate

Conclusions A new sulfonating agent, namely bis(trimethylsilyl) sulfate, was found, which easily sulfonates benzene derivatives that contain substituents of the first type, and also thiophene. Benzene and nitrobenzene do not react with bis (trimethylsilyl) sulfate.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2340–2341, October, 1977.     

Oligosilanylated Silocanes

A number of mono- and dioligosilanylated silocanes were prepared. Compounds included silocanes with 1-methyl-1-tris(trimethylsilyl)silyl, 1,1-bis[tris(trimethylsilyl)silyl], and 1,1-bis[tris(trimethylsilyl)germyl] substitution pattern as well as two examples where the silocane silicon atom is part of a cyclosilane or oxacyclosilane ring. The mono-tris(trimethylsilyl)silylated compound could be converted to the respective silocanylbis(trimethylsilyl)silanides by reaction with KO^tBu and in similar reactions the cyclosilanes were transformed to oligosilane-1,3-diides. However, the reaction of the 1,1-bis[tris(trimethylsilyl)silylated] silocane with two equivalents of KO^tBu leads to the replacement of one tris(trimethylsilyl)silyl unit with a tert-butoxy substituent followed by silanide formation via KO^tBu attack at one of the SiMe₃ units of remaining tris(trimethylsilyl)silyl group. For none of the silylated silocanes, signs of hypercoordinative interaction between the nitrogen and silicon silocane atoms were detected either in the solid state. by single crystal XRD analysis, nor in solution by ²⁹Si-NMR spectroscopy. This was further confirmed by cyclic voltammetry and a DFT study, which demonstrated that the N-Si distance in silocanes is not only dependent on the energy of a potential N-Si interaction, but also on steric factors and through-space interactions of the neighboring groups at Si and N, imposing the orientation of the p_z(N) orbital relative to the N-Si-X axis.     

Palladium-catalyzed synthesis of 2-allylindole and 2-allylbenzofuran derivatives from 2-((trimethylsilyl)ethynyl)arenes

A new protocol for the synthesis of 2-allylindole and 2-allylbenzofuran derivatives has been developed from readily accessible starting material, 2-((trimethylsilyl)ethynyl)arenes via Pd-catalysis. The presence of trimethylsilyl group in the alkyne is vital for this reaction. Stereoselectivity of 2-allylindole derivatives is controlled by the use of different nitrogen-protecting groups for 2-((trimethylsilyl)ethynyl)aniline. The CO₂Me protection gives Z-isomers, whereas acetyl protection gives E-isomers.