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OBSERVATIONS AND COMMENTS ON THE THERMAL BEHAVIOR OF 7-SILANORBORNADIENES
Barton, Thomas J.,Goure, William F.,Witiak, Joanne L.,Wulff, William D.
, p. 87 - 106 (2007/10/02)
Evidence for a radical mechanism in the termal decomposition of a 7-silanorbornadiene is presented.It is demonstrated that 2-carboxy-7-silanorbornadienes undergo a formal 1,5-migration of silicon to form O-silyl enol ethers.An earlier suggested rearrangement of a 7-silanorbornadiene to a silepin or silanorcardiene is excluded.A recent report of thermal and photochemical epimerization of 7-silanorbornadienes is shown to be incorrect.