Chlorotrimethylsilane → (1H-Inden-2-yl)(trimethyl)silane

HRID 271977Notes

Reaction equation

[Br:1][C:2]1[CH2:3][C:4]2[C:9]([CH:10]=1)=[CH:8][CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=2.[Mg:11].[CH3:12][Si:13]([CH3:16])([CH3:15])Cl>>[CH2:10]1[C:9]2[C:4](=[CH:5][CH:6]=[CH:7][CH:8]=2)[CH:3]=[CH:2]1.[Br:1][Mg:11].[CH3:12][Si:13]([CH3:16])([CH3:15])[C:2]1[CH2:3][C:4]2[C:9]([CH:10]=1)=[CH:8][CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=2

Participants

Reactant 3

HCID 6397Chlorotrimethylsilane

HCID 5755861H-Indene, 2-bromo-

HCID 5462224Magnesium

Product 2

HCID 17819683(1H-Inden-2-yl)(trimethyl)silane

HCID 178419821HCID 178419821, compound

Procedure

Bromomagnesium indene was prepared from 10.0 g (51.3 mmol) of 2-bromoindene and 5 g of magnesium in a nitrogen stream. The reaction product was reacted with 6.5 ml of trimethylchlorosilane to obtain 7.14 g (37.9 mmol) of 2-trimethylsilylindene as a colorless oily product.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-77ab20320a8d45b2b2661899ce53e347
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2008_11
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US07453005B2

Reaction notes

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