Aromatics | Si/Al pairsa | Product | Isolated yieldb/% |
ethylbenzene | Ph3SiCl | ethylbenzoic acid | 81 |
m-xylene | Me3SiCl | dimethylbenzoic acid | 87 |
m-xylene | Ph3SiCl | dimethylbenzoic acid | 73 |
mesitylene | Me3SiCl | 2,4,6-trismethylbenzoic acid | 89 |
mesitylene | Ph3SiCl | 2,4,6-trismethylbenzoic acid | 97 |
benzene | Ph3SiCl | benzoic acid | 20 |