Reaction of phenylsilane with the ring expanded carbene 6-Mes results in facile Si–H oxidative addition to the carbenic carbon at room temperature. Heating the resultant diorganosilane product induces ring expansion through silicon to carbon migration of either the Si–H or Si–Ph bonds.
L. García, K. H. M. Al Furaiji, D. J. D. Wilson, J. L. Dutton, M. S. Hill and M. F. Mahon, Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 12015 DOI: 10.1039/C7DT03046K
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