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Upstream product

• 931-48-6 2-cyclohexylacetylene 
• 694-53-1 phenylsilane 
• 673-32-5 1-Phenylprop-1-yne 

Downstream Products

• 90-63-1 (RS)-1-hydroxy-1-phenylpropan-2-one 
• 29461-69-6 (E)-(2-Iodoprop-1-enyl)benzene 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Iron-catalyzed regiodivergent alkyne hydrosilylation

Although tremendous effort has been devoted to the development of methods for iron catalysis, few of the catalysts reported to date exhibit clear superiority to other metal catalysts, and the mechanisms of most iron catalysis remain unclear. Herein, we report that iron complexes bearing 2,9-diaryl-1,10-phenanthroline ligands exhibit not only unprecedented catalytic activity but also unusual ligand-controlled divergent regioselectivity in hydrosilylation reactions of various alkynes. The hydrosilylation protocol described herein provides a highly efficient method for preparing useful di- and trisubstituted olefins on a relatively large scale under mild conditions, and its use markedly improved the synthetic efficiency of a number of bioactive compounds. Mechanistic studies based on control experiments and density functional theory calculations were performed to understand the catalytic pathway and the observed regioselectivity.

Samarium(II) Monoalkyl Complex Supported by a β-Diketiminato-Based Tetradentate Ligand: Synthesis, Structure, and Catalytic Hydrosilylation of Internal Alkynes

The synthesis and catalytic applications of trivalent rare-earth metal alkyl complexes have been well developed, but the chemistry of divalent rare-earth metal alkyl complexes lagged much behind. Herein, we report the synthesis, structure, and catalytic applications of a samarium(II) monoalkyl complex supported by a β-diketiminato-based tetradentate ligand, [LSmCH(SiMe3)2] (L=[MeC(NDipp)CHC(Me)NCH2CH2N(Me)CH2CH2NMe2]?, Dipp=2,6-(iPr)2C6H3). This complex is synthesized by the salt metathesis reaction of samarium iodide [LSm(μ-I)]2 and KCH(SiMe3)2 in 63 % yield. Its structure is characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, showing a distorted square-pyramid coordination geometry. This samarium(II) monoalkyl complex exhibits high catalytic activity in the hydrosilylation of aryl and methyl-substituted unsymmetrical internal alkynes with secondary hydrosilanes, selectively providing the α-(E) products in high yields.

Efficient and selective catalysis for hydrogenation and hydrosilation of alkenes and alkynes with PNP complexes of scandium and yttrium

Scandium and yttrium congeneric complexes, supported by a monoanionic PNP ligand, were studied as catalysts for alkene hydrogenation and hydrosilation, and alkyne semihydrogenation and semihydrosilation. The yttrium congener was found to be much more acti

Iron-catalysed chemo-, regio-, and stereoselective hydrosilylation of alkenes and alkynes using a bench-stable iron(II) pre-catalyst

The chemo-, regio-, and stereoselective iron-catalysed hydrosilylation of alkenes and alkynes with excellent functional group tolerance is reported (34 examples, 41-96% yield). The catalyst and reagents are commercially available and easy to handle, with the active iron catalyst being generated in situ, thus providing a simple and practical methodology for iron-catalysed hydrosilylation. The silane products can be oxidised to the anti-Markovnikov product of olefin hydration, and the one-pot iron-catalysed hydrosilylation-oxidation of olefins to give silane(di)ols directly is also reported. The iron pre-catalyst was used at loadings as low as 0.07 mol%, and displayed catalyst turnover frequencies (TOF) approaching 60,000 molh-1. Initial mechanistic studies indicate an iron(I) active catalyst.