Reaction of onium salts with nucleophilic reagents

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The ultraviolet spectra of silocyclobutanes

The UV spectra of Si-substituted silocyclobutanes in vacuum were studied. The bathochromic shift of the absorption band, disclosed by comparison with bands of the corresponding acyclic compounds, can be explained by the highly strained state of the four-membered ring. This same principle in disilocyclobutanes leads to the reduction of the barrier effect of the methylene group, disrupting the interaction of the silicon atoms in the unstrained molecule.     

Derivatives of metal carbonyls containing a metal-o-carborane σ-bond

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Use of organomagnesium compounds for the synthesis of organic derivatives of group II–V elements in a nonethereal medium

Summary For the primary alkyl halides (R=from C₂H₅ to n-C₉H₁₉; halogen=C1, Br, and I) and the simplest aryl halides (R=C₆H₅ and p-CH₃C₆H₄) it was shown that the organomagnesium synthesis in absence of catalysts for the Grignard reaction can be applied with success to the preparation of heteroorganic compounds of elements of Groups II–IV (mercury, boron, aluminum, silicon, germanium, tin, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony).