Graphene-enhanced platinum-catalysed hydrosilylation of amides and chalcones: a sustainable strategy allocated with in situ heterogenization and multitask application of H2PtCl6

Abstract

We describe a new sustainable strategy for the comprehensive utilization of a platinum catalyst in different organic transformations, in which an organosilicon/graphene-supported platinum catalyst prepared from a simple hydrosilylation-type reduction could be further used in the 1,4-hydrosilylation of chalcones. The rationally designed and in situ formed Pt@G@Si nanocatalyst is demonstrated to be highly effective in the 1,4-hydrosilylation of α,β-unsaturated enones, allowing for the facile synthesis of a variety of otherwise inaccessible substituted silyl enolates. In addition, with the aid of platinum catalyst residue and TBAF, the one-pot downstream Michael addition of substituted silyl enolates to alkyl acrylates is also reported in this work.