Synthesis 2004(5): 791-795  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-815985
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Nickel-Mediated Regio- and Stereoselective Carboxylation of Trimethylsilyl­allene under an Atmosphere of Carbon Dioxide

Masanori Takimoto, Mitsunobu Kawamura, Miwako Mori*
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sappro 060-0812, Japan
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Publication History

Received 29 January 2004
Publication Date:
24 February 2004 (online)

Abstract

Nickel-mediated carboxylation of trimethylsilylallenes using carbon dioxide as a carboxyl source smoothly proceeds to afford allylsilanes having a carboxyl group in good yields and goods selectivities.

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All our efforts to isolate vinyl silane 3a as a pure material failed, but a new singlet peak that appeared at 6.14 ppm in the 1H NMR spectrum of the mixture indicated the formation of 3a. The 1H NMR data for 3a (400 MHz, in CDCl3, only well-separated peaks) are as follows: δ = 6.14 (s, 1 H), 4.50 (s, 2 H), 3.73 (s, 3 H), 3.48 (t, J = 6.8 Hz, 2 H), 0.14 (s, 9 H).