“…The ready availability of 2,2-dialkoxy oxadiazolines (I), particularly from a precursor such as 2-acetoxy-2-methoxy-5,5-dimethyl-~3-1,3,4-oxadiazoline (1) (2) by means of substitution reactions with hydroxylic nucleophiles, prompted us to synthesize (3) 2-methoxy-5,5-dimethyl-2-(2-trimethylsilyl)ethoxy-A3-1,3,4-oxadiazoline (2), Scheme 1. Analogous oxadiazolines undergo thermolytic fragmentation to N2, acetone, and a dialkoxycarbene (2), which, in the case of 2, would be methoxy(2-trimethylsilyl)ethoxycarbene (3,Scheme 1).…”