1,1-Organoboration of dialkyn-1-yl(divinyl)silanes, dialkyn-1-yl(organo)(vinyl)silanes and dialkyn- 1-yl(allyl)(methyl)silane using triethylborane, BEt3, or 9-ethyl-9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane, Et-9- BBN, afforded selectively silole derivatives with Si-vinyl and Si-allyl functions, respectively, bearing the dialkylboryl group in 3-position. The siloles are formed via intermolecular 1,1-alkylboration, followed by intramolecular 1,1-vinylboration. In the cases of several 3-diethylboryl-substituted siloles, smooth and essentially quantitative protodeborylation could be achieved by the reaction of the siloles with an excess of acetic acid at ambient temperature. All new siloles were characterized in solution by multinuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H, 13C, 11B and 29Si NMR).
Alkynylsilanes bearing one to four alkynyl groups at silicon, with organyl groups (Me, Ph, Vin), H, Cl at silicon, and with substituents H, nBu, tBu, Ph, C6H4-4-Me, 3-thienyl, CH2NMe2 at the C≡C bond, were prepared, and their 13C and 29Si NMR data are reported. The results of X-ray structure analyses of three representative derivatives [di(phenylethynyl)dimethylsilane, di(phenylethynyl) methyl(phenyl)silane, and tri(phenylethynyl)methylsilane] are presented. The chemistry of mono- and dialkynylsilanes was further developed to prepare compounds with alternating Si atoms and C≡C bonds, affording new dialkynylsilanes as well as numerous new vinylsilanes which have also been characterized by 13C and 29Si NMR spectroscopy in solution. In the case of ethynyl(triphenylsilylethynyl) dimethylsilane, the molecular structure was determined by X-ray diffraction.