Ls. Avalos et al., DIELS-ALDER REACTION OF 5-TRIISOPROPYLSILYL-2-VINYLFURAN AND 2-TRIETHYLSILYL-4-VINYLFURAN - STERIC SHIELDING BY THE TRIALKYLSILYL GROUP, Heterocycles, 45(9), 1997, pp. 1795-1804
The Diels-Alder reaction of 5-triisopropylsilyl-2-vinylfuran (1b) and
2-triethylsilyl-4-vinylfuran (4b) with acetylenic and olefinic dienoph
iles occurs with high site specificity in the extraannular mode to pro
duce trialkylsilyl benzofuran derivatives.