Ruthenium-catalyzed Ortho-selective Aromatic C–H Silylation: Acceptorless Dehydrogenative Coupling of Hydrosilanes

Toru Sakurai, Yusuke Matsuoka, Tsurugi Hanataka, Naoaki Fukuyama, Takeshi Namikoshi, Shinji Watanabe, Miki Murata

Chemistry Letters · 2012 · 51 citations · 15 references

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Abstract

Abstract The intermolecular dehydrogenative coupling of 1,1,1,3,5,5,5-heptamethyltrisiloxane with aromatic compounds such as aryloxazolines and arylimines in the presence of a catalytic amount of [RuCl2(p-cymene)]2 gave the corresponding ortho-silylated products in good yields.

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