Chemistry Letters, Vol.37, No.1, 28-29, 2008
3-iodo-3-trimethylsilylpropenal as a useful unit for pinacol coupling and subsequent functional group transformations
Titanium tetraiodidesilyl-mediated pinacol coupling reaction of (Z)-3-iodo-3-trimethylsilylpropenal is used for the preparation of trans-4,5-bis[(Z)-2-iodo-2-(trimethylsilyl)vinyl]-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxo lane, which is utilized for the subsequent C-C bond-forming reactions.