“…Synthesis of silyl substituted alkyltrimethylcyclopentadienes 1-Alkyl-2,3,4-trimethylcyclopentadienes (mixture of isomers, where alkyl = i-Pr (1), s-Bu (2), cyclohexyl (3), t-Bu (4)) were prepared by the reaction of appropriate alkyl Grignard (or lithium) reagent with a mixture of 2,3,4-trimethylcyclopent-2-en-1-one and 3,4,5-trimethylcyclopent-2-en-1-one [20], followed by hydrolysis, and an iodine catalyzed dehydration. The cyclopentadienes were obtained in rather low yields (36-47%), presumably due to a steric hindrance of secondary or tertiary alkyl group.…”