Catalysis of hydrosilylation. Part XXV. Effect of nickel(0) and nickel(II) complex catalysts on dehydrogenative silylation, hydrosilylation and dimerization of vinyltriethoxysilane

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(94)87198-1

General catalysis by Ni(O) and Ni(II) phosphine and non-phosphine complexes of the competitive-consecutive reaction of vinyltriethoxysilane with triethoxysilane has been observed to give mainly products of dehydrogenative silylation and hydrogenative dimerization accompanied by products of regular hydrosilylation, disproportionation of substrates and secondary reactions of the product-bis(silyl)ethene.In an excess of vinylsilane, side reactions can be practically eliminated.Tertiary phosphine and phosphite ligands of nickel acetylacetonate (Ni(acac)2*2PR3) stop the consecutive reactions of bis(silyl)ethene but in the presence of ?-basic and bulky tricyclohexylphosphine the system catalyzes selectively the regular hydrosilylation of bis(silyl)ethene.Keywords: Nickel; Silicon; Hydrosilylation; Silane; Catalysis