Friedel-Crafts reaction of 2-silatetralin (4) with acid anhydrides (ac
etic anhydride, succinic anhydride, glutaric anhydride, phthalic anhyd
ride, cis-1, 2-cyclohexanedicarboxylic an hydride, and diphenic anhydr
ide) or benzoyl chloride in the presence of AICl(3) in CH2Cl2 at room
temperature gave exclusively the corresponding 6-acyl-2-silatetralins
in fair to good yield. This findings were supported by the MNDO molecu
lar orbital calculations of 2-silatetralin (4).