Dehydrocoupling reactions control

Since the initial cross-linking reactions do not permit applications requiring a thermoplastic polymer, further studies have been devoted to the control of the dehydrocoupling reaction, in particular between the already established chains. For this purpose, Sneddon et al. demonstrated that the preparation of dialkylamine-modified... 

One remarkable application of the Re(I) complexes of type 16-19 is the catalytic dehydrogenation of amine boranes [54], In recent years, the research on amine borane R R NH-BHs (R R = alkyl, H) became an important topic based on their capability of chemical hydrogen storage [55-57], In this respect transition metal-catalyzed dehydrocoupling reactions of amine borane offer great potential for control over both extent and rate of hydrogen release [58, 59]. 

It is desirable to model the catalysts for optimum product control in the reaction. Therefore, the mechanism of the dehydrocoupling reaction of silanes has been investigated and several models have been proposed. 

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