Formation of a disiloxirane in the oxidation of 1,2-dimesityl-1,2-di-t-butyldisilaethylene
Abstract
Reaction of trans-1,2-di-t-butyl-1,2-dimesityldisilaethylene in solution with dioxygen at –78 °C produces the disiloxirane (7) and a compound believed to be the 1,2-disiladioxetane (8a); the latter compound rearranges quantitatively to the known 1,3-cyclodisiloxane (5) above 0 °C.