Acylsilane

The structure of a typical acylsilane.

Acylsilanes are a group of chemical compounds sharing a common functional group with the general structure R(CO)-SiR₃. Acylsilanes are starting compounds in the Brook rearrangement with vinyl lithium compounds to silyl enol ethers ^[1].

References

^ The reactivity of α- and β-iodo propenoylsilanes: an alternative access to polyunsaturated acylsilanes Alessandro Degl’Innocenti, Antonella Capperucci, Patrizia Scafato,Antonella Telesca Arkivoc 0-005A 2000 Article