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Scheme 1.
styrene co-polymer, polymethyl methacrylate (12), or poly-
siloxanes (13). The hydrosilylation reaction of unsaturated
compounds such as olefins, acetylenes, imines, allylamines,
and oxymes promoted by transition-metal catalysts is widely
investigated for reduction of unsaturated groups or addition
of Si—H bonds.
Catalytic hydrosilylation of olefins with soluble platinum
complexes was first described by Speier et al. (14), Saam
and Séller (15), and Ryan and Séller (16) and the commer-
cial catalyst (hexachloroplatinic acid) bears Speier’s name.
Interest in hexachloroplatinic acid and other metal-
supported catalysts has been one of the focal areas of
organosilicon chemists since the 1970s. It is assumed that
supported-metal catalysts have the advantages of both homo-
geneous and heterogeneous systems. Among the advantages
of using supported catalysts are: the ease of catalyst recov-
ery and chemical modification of the active sites, and han-
dling.
The addition of Si—H bonds to unsaturated compounds
can be carried out by free radical chain reactions, or more
conveniently by the use of catalysts such as platinum or
other transition metals (17–19). Polizzi et al. (6) reported
that homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts derived from
mesitylene-solvated platinum atoms were very reactive in
the selective hydrosilylation of dienes and acetylenes.
Olefin hydrosilylation reactions are known to occur with
the aid of a homogeneous and supported catalyst (20, 21).
These reactions are conventionally known to be accom-
plished by other side reactions, such as olefin isomerization.
The development of catalysts with higher activity and selec-
tivity toward hydrosilylation is undoubtedly needed. In many
cases, more expensive catalysts have been employed for this
purpose (22–26).
Experimental
Materials
The chemicals used were all reagent grade and available
from suppliers such as Gelest, Inc. and Aldrich. All the
glassware used was treated with KOH (1 mol/L) in EtOH so-
lution, washed carefully with deionized water and acetone,
and dried in an oven at 110 °C for several hours. Any con-
tact with other organic materials such as silicon grease was
avoided. Liquid hydrosilanes were purified by distillation in
a nitrogen atmosphere. NMR measurements were performed
in CDCl3 solutions using a Varian Gemini 200 MHz spec-
trometer and a Varian Unity-Plus 300 MHz spectrometer.
The catalysts used in this work were obtained at the Gasses
Physicochemical Laboratory of the Molecular Simulation
Program (Mexican Petroleum Institute, México, D.F.) The
catalysts I and II were activated for 4 h at 500 °C and then
left 1 h at room temperature in a hydrogen atmosphere.
Surface area and pore texture of catalysts
BET surface areas were determined using a Pulsechemi-
sorb 2700 Micromeritics instrument and the automated gas
volumetric method employing nitrogen as the adsorbate at
77 K. Samples were degassed under vacuum at 200 °C for 2
to 3 h prior to analysis.
However, little is known about the hydrosilylation of the
carbon–carbon triple bond with supported-metal catalysts
obtained by the sol-gel process under the usual reaction con-
ditions. The sol-gel process provides a useful route of pre-
paring supported-metal systems. For example, Ru-MgO has
been used in the benzene hydrogenation reaction (27) and in
the hydrogenolysis of cyclopentene (28). Caporusso et al. (7)
reported a detailed investigation of the hydrosilylation of
aromatic nitriles promoted by unsupported- and supported-
rhodium metal nanoparticles. They were prepared from
arene-solvated rhodium atoms and are excellent catalysts for
the selective hydrosilylation of aromatic nitriles. Schubert et
al. (29) reported the activity of Rh(CO)Cl(PR3)2 heterogen-
ized by the sol-gel method in the hydrosilylation of 1-hexene
with triphenylsilane.
NMR studies of the supported-metal catalytic system
The 29Si CPMAS NMR measurements were performed
using a Varian Unity-Plus 300 MHz spectrometer operating
at 59.58 MHz. The rotor spin rate (Si3N4) was 4 kHz, with a
delay time of 6 s. Transients (1600) were accumulated and
the contact time used was 1500. The samples were dehy-
drated at 350 °C for 30 min in an oven prior to recording the
NMR spectra. The internal reference was talc.
FT IR studies
FT IR spectra of the Pt/SiO2 catalyst were recorded before
and after activation in the range 4000–400 cm–1 using a
PerkinElmer FT IR 1600 spectrometer.
We have reported on the use of Ru/MgO and Pt/MgO ob-
tained by the sol-gel method in the hydrosilylation reaction
(30). Terminal acetylene hydrosilylation is one of our areas
of interest (see Scheme 1) (31).
In a recent preliminary study, we have also used the
Pt/SiO2-pH3 (I) and Pt/SiO2-pH9 (II) in the hydrosilylation
of phenylacetylene, diphenylacetylene, and 1-heptyne with
several hydrosilanes R3SiH (where R = Ph3, Ph2Me, and
PhMe2) (32). In the present report, the influence of the route
of synthesis of the catalysts I and II in acidic or basic me-
dium on the catalytic activity and selectivity was studied.
Particular focus is given to the surface properties to under-
stand the catalytic systems’ behavior.
Hydrosilylation procedure
All experiments were performed in a nitrogen atmosphere
in a 50 mL two-necked flask equipped with a thermometer
and a reflux condenser. The flask was charged with activated
catalysts (25 mg Pt/SiO2-pH3 or Pt/SiO2-pH9, 0.5% Pt). The
reactants, Ph2MeSiH (4.01 mmol) and phenylacetylene
(4.5 mmol), were subsequently added. Once the addition
was completed, the mixture was stirred and heated by means
of an oil bath at 80–90 °C for 2 h. The stirring was inter-
rupted every 10 min to take aliquots of the solution and the
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product distribution was analyzed using H NMR measure-
ments.
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