Ajithkumar V S, Ghanwat Pratiksha B, Saha Sougata, Pati Swapan K, Sen Sakya S
Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune 411008, India.
Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2024 Sep 5;60(72):9837-9840. doi: 10.1039/d4cc02101k.
We report on the insertion of electron deficient alkyne, dimethyl acetylene dicarboxylate (DMAD), into the E-Si bond of hypersilyl tetrylenes, PhC(NBu)ESi(SiMe) (E = Ge and Sn), at room temperature. Uniquely, the germylene leads to alkenes, while the stannylene gives access to alkenes, and the insight into divergent stereoselectivity has been obtained by DFT studies.
