Other groups besides H+ can act as leaving groups in electrophilic aromatic substitution. One of the best is the trimethylsilyl group, Me3Si-. For example, treatment of Me3SiC6H5 with CF3COOD rapidly forms C6H5D. What properties of a silicon-carbon bond allow you to predict this kind of reactivity?

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Other groups besides H+ can act as leaving groups in electrophilic aromatic substitution. One of the best is the trimethylsilyl group, Me3Si-. For example, treatment of
Me3SiC6H5 with CF3COOD rapidly forms C6H5D. What properties of a silicon-carbon bond allow you to predict this kind of reactivity?

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