PHOSPHORUS SULFUR AND SILICON AND THE RELATED ELEMENTS, cilt.182, sa.8, ss.1819-1822, 2007 (SCI-Expanded)
A simple one-pot synthesis of methyltribromosilane has been developed. The straightforward reaction of a slight excess of silicon tetrabromide with one equivalent of powdered methyllithium in refluxing pentane produces methyltribromosilane in high yields.