Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Alkenylhydrosilanes

Abstract

Asymmetric silanes: A synthesis of nonracemic alkenylhydrosilanes has been developed based on the desymmetrization of a dihydrosilane through alkenylation with an alkyne using an asymmetric catalyst. The alkenylhydrosilane product can be used as a versatile chiral building block for other functionalized nonracemic silanes through the stereoselective conversion of its hydride and/or alkenyl moiety. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.