Consecutive disilanylsilylene to silyldisilene rearrangements

Thermolysis of 2,3-benzo-1,4-diphenyl-7-silanorbornadiene derivatives 1 in the presence of 2,3-dimethylbutadienes gave the trapping products of the corresponding bissilylene, disilenylsilylene, and a tetrasila-1,3-butadiene, via a consecutive disilanylsilylene to silyldisilene rearrangement.