Diverse reactivity of a magnesium silanide toward ketones.
Bibian Okokhere-EdeghoghonMichael S HillMary F MahonClaire L McMullinPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2022)
The reactivity of a molecular magnesium silanide toward ketones displays a significant variability of outcome, resulting in adduct formation, deprotonation, dearomatisation or deoxygenation, that is dependent on the structure and electronic character of the carbonyl-containing reagent.
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