page_title: Acylsilane
section_title: Synthesis
hierarchical_section_title: Acylsilane / Synthesis
caption_attribution_description: English: Kuwajima acylsilane synthesis
context_page_description: Acylsilanes are a group of chemical compounds sharing a common functional group with the general structure R-SiR₃. Acylsilanes are starting compounds in the Brook rearrangement with vinyl lithium compounds to silyl enol ethers.
context_section_description: Acylsilanes can be synthesized using the following procedures:
  Starting with the 1,3-dithiane, substituting with the silyl group, then removing the dithioacetal group with mercury(II) chloride and hydrolysis. This method also can make acylgermanes using the appropriate halogermane reagents.
  Another method was reported by Kuwajima et al using 1,1-bis(trimethylsilyl)alkan-1-ols. t-Butyl hypochlorite converts the starting material to the acylsilane.
caption: Kuwajima acylsilane synthesis, with the method to make the 1,1-bis(trimethylsilyl)alkan-1-ol.
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