Highly Efficient Iridium-Catalyzed Oxidation of Organosilanes to Silanols

Youngjun Lee, Dong Seomoon, Sundae Kim, Hoon Han, Sukbok Chang, Phil Ho Lee

The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 2004 · 130 citations · 32 references

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Abstract

Hydrolytic oxidation of organosilanes to the corresponding silanols can be performed highly efficiently with a catalyst system of [IrCl(C(8)H(12))](2) under essentially neutral and mild conditions, and various types of silanols are produced in good to excellent yields.

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