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Homolytic Organosilicon Group Transfer 137<br />

Si<br />

Si<br />

Me<br />

Si Me<br />

85 – 86<br />

Me3Si Me<br />

Si SiMe3 SiMe3 Me3Si Si SiMe3 83 84<br />

Me Me<br />

Si Me Me<br />

Si<br />

Me Si Me<br />

Me<br />

Si Me<br />

Si Si<br />

Me Me<br />

Me Me<br />

hν<br />

85<br />

Si<br />

Si<br />

Si<br />

Me<br />

Me<br />

Si<br />

Si Si Ph<br />

Me Me<br />

Ph<br />

Me Me<br />

S H i<br />

86<br />

Si<br />

Si<br />

+<br />

Si Me<br />

Scheme 6.18 Reaction mechanism for the photolysis <strong>of</strong> cyclic compounds 85 and 86<br />

6.5 HOMOLYTIC ORGANOSILICON GROUP TRANSFER<br />

As we showed previously <strong>in</strong> this chapter, silicon easily expands its valence shell<br />

to become a penta-coord<strong>in</strong>ated species. Therefore, it is expected that an <strong>in</strong>tramolecular<br />

transfer <strong>of</strong> organosilicon group from X to Y may occur via a radical<br />

mechanism, provided that the R substituents on the silicon atom are not good<br />

leav<strong>in</strong>g groups (Reaction 6.20).<br />

R<br />

Si<br />

X Y<br />

R R<br />

R<br />

Si<br />

Y<br />

R R R R<br />

R<br />

Si<br />

X X Y<br />

Me<br />

(6.20)<br />

<strong>Radical</strong> rearrangements that <strong>in</strong>volve a homolytic 1,2 transfer <strong>of</strong> organosilicon<br />

group between similar or different atoms are well documented. Scheme 6.19<br />

shows the classes <strong>of</strong> reaction that <strong>in</strong>volve 1,2 silyl group migration between<br />

atoms <strong>of</strong> the second row <strong>of</strong> the periodic table. Examples <strong>of</strong> 1,2 organosilicon<br />

group migration from carbon to carbon can be found <strong>in</strong> the expansion <strong>of</strong> five- to<br />

six-membered r<strong>in</strong>gs, previously discussed <strong>in</strong> this chapter (see Section 6.1.1). An<br />

example <strong>of</strong> 1,2 organosilicon group transfer from carbon to oxygen is given by<br />

the radical Brook rearrangement discussed <strong>in</strong> Section 5.3.3. Examples <strong>of</strong> migration<br />

from carbon to nitrogen are also discussed <strong>in</strong> Chapter 5 <strong>in</strong> connection with

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