A route to unsubstituted tetrahedrane? One option is offered by the tetrakis(trimethylsilyl) derivative, which is generated upon irradiation of the corresponding cyclobutadiene (see scheme). Tetrahedrane itself could also possibly be accessed from the tetralithiotetrahedrane by this route.
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Maier et al. (2001) studied this question.
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