Tetrahedron

ansa-Metallocenes: Catalysts for the dehydrocoupling of hydrosilanes

RM Shaltout, JY Corey

Index: Shaltout, Raef M.; Corey, Joyce Y. Tetrahedron, 1995 , vol. 51, # 15 p. 4309 - 4320

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Citation Number: 35

Abstract

The dehydrocoupling of PhMeSiH2 to form oligomers and of PhSiH3 to form polysilanes has been performed with the precatalyst combination of [Me2El (C5H4) 2MCl2 (El= Si, C; M= Ti, Zr, Hf) and nBuLi. The results are compared to those produced from (η 5-C 5H 5) 2MCl 2BuLi.