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Allylation reagents, which possess geminal bis-trimethylsilyl substitution, are readily prepared from
E- or
Z-alkenyl bromides. The reactivityof 3,3-bis(trimethylsilyl)-2-methyl-1-propene (
1) is described and predominantly provides ene reactions with aldehydes to give alcohol
2 in thepresence of BF
3·OEt
2. Alternatively, Sakurai allylation reactions of
1 are observed by using stronger
Lewis acids in methylene chloride toexclusively yield
E-trisubstituted alkenylsilanes
3.