1,5-Hexadiene → 5-Hexenyldimethylchlorosilane

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Dimethyl chlorosilane was reacted with an excess 1,5-hexadiene in the presence of a platinum catalyst to form dimethyl-5-hexenylchloro silane. Then indene was reacted with butyl lithium in a mixture of diethyl ether and tetrahydrofuran to produce the indenyl lithium salt which was then reacted with the dimethyl-5-hexenylchlorosilane to yield the omega alkenyl dimethyl indene which can be called 5-hexenyl-dimethyl-silyl-1-indene.

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