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N-Cyanomethyl-, N-ethoxycarbonylmethyl- and N-(3-ethoxycarbonylpropyl)
-N-methylbenzylammonium N-methylides 6a,b and 22 have been generated b
y fluoride ion-induced desilylation of the corresponding N-(trimethyls
ilylmethyl)benzylammonium salts 5a,b and 21, Sommelet-Hauser 7, 23 and
Stevens 8, 24 rearrangement products were obtained from 6a add 22, bu
t not from 6b.