Reactivity of hypervalent species of silicon: reduction of CO2 to formaldehyde with formation of silanone

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(88)87015-3

Carbon dioxide can be converted into formaldehyde by insertion into Si-H bond of pentacoordinated organosilane, followed by decomposition of the product under mild conditions.The transient formation of silanone in this decomposition has been demonstrated by trapping with (Me2SiO)3