Synthetic utility of 1,1,2,2-tetraaryldisilanes: radical reduction of alkyl phenyl chalcogenides
Abstract
Reactivity of tetraaryldisilanes as radical reducing agents of alkyl phenyl chalcogenides initiated by Et3B or AIBN was studied. Here, the reactivity of alkyl sulfide was poor; however, various alkyl phenyl selenides and tellurides were reduced to the corresponding hydrocarbons in good yields with 1,1,2,2-tetraphenyldisilane.