• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.321-327
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• 1994

The mild thermal decomposition of 7, 7-dimethyl-1, 2, 3, 4, 5-pentaphenyl-7-silanorbornadiene with excess methyl alcohol proceeds to give 1-methoxydimethylsilyl-1, 2, 3, 4, 6-pentaphenylcyclohexa-2, 5-diene which is colorless needle crystal. The cophotolysis of the solution of 7-silanorbornadiene in the excess ethyl alcohol proceeds with loss of silylenes to give ethoxydimethylsilane which is insertion reaction product of silylene with O-H bond of ethyl alcohol. According to above results, it is presumed that the mechanism of photochemical decomposition and that of mild thermochemical decomposition of 7-silanorbornadiene are different.