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138 Unimolecular Reactions<br />

R3Si C C<br />

R3Si C N<br />

R3Si C O<br />

R 3 Si<br />

O N<br />

SiR 3<br />

Scheme 6.19 <strong>Radical</strong> 1,2 silyl migrations<br />

SiR3 C C<br />

SiR3 C N<br />

SiR3 C O<br />

SiR3 O N<br />

SiR3 the addition <strong>of</strong> silyl radicals to C N bonds (see Section 5.4). Similar 1,2 silyl<br />

shifts from oxygen to nitrogen were<br />

w<br />

observed <strong>in</strong> solution (Scheme 6.19) [34]. <strong>In</strong><br />

the majority <strong>of</strong> cases, only a penta-coord<strong>in</strong>ated transition state, derived from<br />

the frontside attack as <strong>in</strong> Reaction (6.20), is possible.<br />

Examples <strong>of</strong> 1,2 migration <strong>of</strong> silyl group from silicon to other atoms are also<br />

well documented. Reaction (6.21) that <strong>in</strong>volves a transfer from silicon to carbon<br />

has been observed <strong>in</strong> the gas phase at elevated temperatures [35]. From the<br />

measured Arrhenius parameters, i.e. log A=s 1 ¼ 12:3 and Ea ¼ 90 kJ=mol, it is<br />

clear that the reaction is unimportant around room temperature. However, this<br />

type <strong>of</strong> reaction is probably the essential step <strong>in</strong> the formation <strong>of</strong> silicon–carbon<br />

fibres by pyrolysis <strong>of</strong> methylpolysilanes.<br />

Me3Si Me Si<br />

Me<br />

CH2 SiMe3 Me Si CH2 Me<br />

(6.21)<br />

Silanethiols 87 readily undergo a radical-<strong>in</strong>duced skeletal rearrangement to<br />

give 88 (Reaction 6.22) [36,37]. The key step for these reactions is the 1,2<br />

migration <strong>of</strong> silyl group from silicon to sulfur (Reaction 6.23). Based on this<br />

reactivity, silanethiols 87 have been used as reduc<strong>in</strong>g agents for a fast hydrogen<br />

donation (see Section 4.6).<br />

Me3Si Me3Si Si SH<br />

AIBN, 80 �C<br />

Me3Si H<br />

Si<br />

X<br />

X<br />

87<br />

X = Me or SiMe3 88<br />

Me3Si Si S<br />

SiMe3 Si S<br />

SSiMe 3<br />

(6.22)<br />

(6.23)

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