Issue 4, 2013

Silver-catalyzed silicon–hydrogen bond functionalization by carbene insertion

Abstract

The catalytic functionalization of silicon–hydrogen bonds by means of the insertion of carbene units :CHCO2Et from ethyl diazoacetate (EDA) has been achieved using a silver-based catalyst, constituting the first example of this metal to promote this transformation. Competition experiments have revealed that the relative reactivity of substituted silanes depends on the bond dissociation energy of the Si–H bond (tertiary > secondary > primary for ethyl substituted). In the presence of bulky substituents such order reverts to secondary > primary ≈ tertiary (for phenyl substituted). Screening with other diazo compounds has shown that N2C(Ph)CO2Et displays similar reactivity to that of EDA, whereas other N2C(R)CO2Et (R = Me, CO2Et) gave lower conversions.

Graphical abstract: Silver-catalyzed silicon–hydrogen bond functionalization by carbene insertion

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
04 Jul 2012
Accepted
17 Oct 2012
First published
22 Oct 2012

Dalton Trans., 2013,42, 1191-1195

Silver-catalyzed silicon–hydrogen bond functionalization by carbene insertion

M. J. Iglesias, M. C. Nicasio, A. Caballero and P. J. Pérez, Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 1191 DOI: 10.1039/C2DT31460F

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