The siliranes 7-10 and 22 as well as the vinylsiliranes 14-16, 20, and
21 are prepared by [1+2]-cycloadditions of silylene 2 with alkenes an
d dienes. The first isonitrile insertion products, the silacyclobutani
mines 26-28 were synthesized and the structure of 28 was determined by
X-ray crystallography. Upon thermolysis 20-22 rearranged quantitative
ly to furnish the compounds 29-32. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science
Ltd.