Ruthenium metal-catalysed deuterium exchange between organosilanes and perdeuteriobenzene
Abstract
Ruthenium metal prepared by NaBH4-reduction of RuO2 possesses unique activity in consistently catalysing hydrogen isotope exchange between organosilanes and C6D6., exchange occurring readily in alkul and aryl positions, particularly in trisubstituted silanes; a modification of the technique can also be used for the tritium labelling of these silanes.