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Synfacts 2011(12): 1345-1345  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1289354
Metal-Mediated Synthesis
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Takai-Analogous One-Step Preparation of (E)-Vinylsilanes

Contributor(s): Paul Knochel, Nadja M. Barl
D. S. W. Lim, E. A. Anderson*
University of Oxford, UK
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18 November 2011 (online)

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Herein, the authors report a mild Takai-analogous preparation of (E)-vinylsilanes, which are readily available by a chromium(II)-mediated coupling of dihalomethylsilanes with aldehydes and furthermore may be introduced as coupling partners in a palladium-catalyzed Hiyama reaction.