High Syn Selectivity of a SE′ Reaction: Acylation of an Optically Active 1,1-Disilyl-2-alkene. Preliminary communication

The disilane/disilylmethane rearrangement of an optically active disilanyl sulfide 9B was used to prepare an optically active disilylalkene 10 whose absolute configuration was established by X-ray analysis of the bromo derivative 13 (P2₁, a = 7.847 (3) Å, b = 9.487 (3) Å, c = 20.010 (8) Å, β = 82.28° (3), Z = 2). Acylation of 10 furnished an optically active ketone 14 , which was degraded to 16 , a compound of known absolute configuration. The enantiomeric excess of 10 was determined by alkylation with an optically active lithium compound and that of 14 by an optically active NMR.-shift reagent. The S_E′ reaction 10 → 14 was thus shown to proceed with 94% (97% syn/3% anti) stereoselectivity.