• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.22 no.12
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• pp.1385-1389
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• 2001

In situ generated homoallenylindium reagents derived from the reaction of indium with 4-bromo-3-[(tri-methylsilyl) methyl]-1,2-butadiene reacted with a variety of aldehydes in DMF to produce 2-(2-hydroxy-ethyl) homoallenylsilanes at room temperatu re in good to excellent yields. 2- or 3-Hydroxybenzaldehyde that contains labile hydrogen was reacted with homoallenylindium reagent to provide the homoallenylsilanes. In the case of 4-formylbenzoic acid, the desired compound was produced in 88% yield. 4-Bromo-3-[(trimethyl-silyl) methyl]-1,2-butadiene was prepared from monoacetylation and mesylation of 2-butyn-1,4-diol, addition of trimethylsilylmethyl anion, saponification and mesylation followed by Finkelstein reaction.