Used as raw materials for synthesis of organic silicon, intermediates and capping agent of ethyl silicone oil, ethyl silicone rubber.1 Applied in a palladium-catalyzed carbosilylation of allenes with Grignard reagents. The Grignard attacks the allene central carbon and the terminal carbon is silylated.2
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2. J. Organomet. Chem. 1994, 473, 15.