Selective hydrosilylation of styrene using an in situ formed platinum (1, 3-dimesityl-dihydroimidazol-2-ylidene) catalyst

JW Sprengers, MJ Mars, MA Duin, KJ Cavell…

Index: Sprengers, Jeroen W.; Mars, Maayke J.; Duin, Marcel A.; Cavell, Kingsley J.; Elsevier, Cornelis J. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2003 , vol. 679, # 2 p. 149 - 152

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Abstract

A highly active and selective in situ formed platinum (N-heterocyclic carbene) catalyst for the hydrosilylation of styrene with triethylsilane is described, which unlike all other known hydrosilylation catalysts, selectively yields hydrosilylation products, but (almost) no dehydrogenative silylation products.