Chemical Communications

Hydrosilylation of epoxides catalyzed by a cationic η 1-silane iridium (iii) complex

S Park, M Brookhart

Index: Park, Sehoon; Brookhart, Maurice Chemical Communications, 2011 , vol. 47, # 12 p. 3643 - 3645

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Abstract

Epoxides 1 are useful precusors to a variety of materials through ring-opening under acidic or basic conditions. 2 Regioselectivity of the ring opening is usually observed and can be controlled by variation in reaction conditions. 3 The catalytic hydrosilylation of epoxides by transition metal complexes, however, has rarely been reported. 3k Recently, we reported catalytic C–O bond cleavage of alkyl ethers by silanes using the highly electrophilic η 1 -silane complex 2 ...