Disilanes, reaction with organic halides

We have now succeeded in the development of two new methods for the preparation of organofunctional silanes, both involving electroreductive coupling. The first synthesis concept comprises the anionic cleavage of electrochemically formed disilanes and subsequent reaction with organic halides, whereas the second even more general route involves the direct electrochemical Si-C bond formation. 

Silylpalladium complexes have attracted attention due to their relevance in the mechanism of Pd complex catalyzed reactions such as hydrosilylation of alkenes and dienes, bis-silylation of dienes and alkynes, carbosilylation of alkynes, cross-coupling of organic halides with disilanes, and ring-opening oligomerization and polymerization of cyclic disilanes and polysilanes. 

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