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Hydrosilylation of Aldehydes and Ketones Catalyzed by a Terminal Zinc Hydride Complex, [κ3-Tptm]ZnH
Sattler, Wesley,Ruccolo, Serge,Rostami Chaijan, Mahnaz,Nasr Allah, Tawfiq,Parkin, Gerard
, p. 4717 - 4731 (2015)
Tris(2-pyridylthio)methyl zinc hydride, [κ3-Tptm]ZnH, is an effective catalyst for multiple insertions of carbonyl groups into the Si-H bonds of PhxSiH4-x (x = 1, 2). Specifically, [κ3-Tptm]ZnH catalyzes the insertion of a variety of aldehydes and ketones into the Si-H bonds of PhSiH3 and Ph2SiH2 to afford PhSi[OCH(R)R′]3 and Ph2Si[OCH(R)R′]2, respectively. The mechanism for hydrosilylation is proposed to involve insertion of the carbonyl group into the Zn-H bond to afford an alkoxy species, followed by metathesis with the silane to release the alkoxysilane and regenerate the zinc hydride catalyst. Multiple insertion of prochiral ketones results in the formation of diastereomeric mixtures of alkoxysilanes that can be identified by NMR spectroscopy.
