"Front Matter". In: Organosilanes in Radical Chemistry - Index of
"Front Matter". In: Organosilanes in Radical Chemistry - Index of
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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)