Epoxysilane Rearrangement : Mechanistic Studies and Synthetic Applications

Abstract

Mechanistic studies on and synthetic application of epoxysilane rearrangement, a novel synthetic use of α, β-epoxysilanes, in which an anion-induced ring-opening of epoxide and Brook rearrangement in the resulting α-silyl alkoxide occur in a tandem fashion to provide a β-siloxy allyl anion, are described.