Reagent for synthetic transformations in organic chemistry. Used for the Peterson olefination and the homologation of ketones and aldehydes via α,β-epoxysilanes,1 synthesis of allylsilanes,2
alkylation of lithiobisphenylselenomethane,3 and synthesis of N-(ω-trimethylsilylalkyl)purines by alkylation of potassium salts of purine.4
1. Tetrahedron 1989, 45, 5877.
2. Synth. Commun. 1987, 17, 621.
3. Tetrahedron Lett. 1989, 30, 3333.
4. Chem. Heterocycl. Compd. 1995, 31, 577.