Keiji. Yamamoto, Kakusaburo Nakanishi, M. Kumada
Feb 1, 1967
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Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
Abstract
Abstract The reaction of two (organosilyl)methylmagnesium chlorides, R(CH32SiCH2MgCl (R = CH3 and C6H5), with silver chloride and with silver bromide in diethyl ether has been studied. It has been found that the reaction proceeds with the formation of significant amounts of compounds of the formula R(CH3)2SiCH2CH(CH3)OC2H5 in addition to the expected coupling products [R(CH3)2SiCH2-]2 and others. This result shows that the attack of free radicals arising from the Grignard reagents upon the solvent takes place concurrently with the self-coupling reaction.