Preparation of (E)-1-aryl-3,3,3-trifluoro-1,2-di(trimethylsilyl)-1-propenes via stereoselective bissilylation of trifluoromethyl aryl acetylenes and electrophilic substitution of its TMS groups

Preparations and reactions of (E)-1-aryl-3,3,3-trifluoro-1,2-di(trimethylsilyl)-1-propenes are described. (E)-1-Aryl-3,3,3-trifluoro-1,2-di(trimethylsilyl)-1-propene was prepared from aryl trifluoromethyl acetylenes via reductive bissilylation by TMSCl/Mg in good yields. The silyl groups of (E)-3,3,3-trifluoro-1,2-di (trimethylsilyl)-1-phenyl-1-propene were substituted by electrophiles in both a stepwise and stereoselective (and/or stereospecific) manner. This compound could be a building block for preparations of substituted trifluoropropenes. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.