The reaction pathway from Speier's to Karstedt's hydrosilylation catalyst

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(94)05359-J

Multinuclear, variable temperature NMR spectroscopic experiments show that: (i) treatment of , 1, with an excess of (CH2=CHSiMe2)2O (<*>LL) yields , 2; (ii) treatment of 1 with PhCH=CH2 gives 3; and (iii) reaction of cis-