Water → 1-Methyl-(1-heptynyl)silacyclobutane

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To a solution of 1-heptyne (2.62 mL, 1.91 g, d=0.7328, 20.0 mmol) in n-hexane (7 mL) was added a solution of DIBAL-H (20 mL, 1.0 M in n-hexane, 20.0 mmol 1.0 equiv) at −78° C. The reaction mixture was heated at 50° C. for 2 h, then was cooled to 0° C. 1-Chloro-1-methylsilacyclobutane (2.41 g, 20.0 mmol, 1.0 equiv) was added dropwise with syringe to the reaction mixture at 0° C., which was stirred for 48 h at 50° C. Cold water (1.28 mL, 71 mmol, 3.5 equiv) was added to the action solution carefully at 0° C. The resulting white suspension was filtered through Celite and the filtrate was concentrated in vacuo. The crude product was purified by column chromatography (SiO2, pentane) and distillation to afford 2.96 g (81%) of (E)-1 as a colorless oil. 1-Methyl-(1-heptynyl)silacyclobutane (145 mg, 8%) was also isolated after column chromatography.

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