Hydrosilylation catalyst activation

Of the new Pt catalysts reported since 1990 platinum complexes with new ligands and activators are noteworthy. Cyclodextrin complexes of platinum (as host-guest complexes) have been employed as hydrosilylation catalysts active at elevated temperature after releasing the guest compound [40]. Some other organic compounds have recently been used as activators (ligands) of Pt complexes, e. g., unsaturated secondary and tertiary alcohols and silylated unsaturated alcohols [41], alkadiynes, cyclooctadiene [42], and vinylnorbomene as well as quinones and methylnaphthoquinones [43]. 

Two significant communications indicate the considerable potential of transition metal complexes as multifunctional homogeneous catalysts in the silane field (5, 53). Here the same catalyst activates silanes toward different substrates and it is probable that all proceed via a common metal hydrido intermediate. Both Co2(CO)8 and (Ph3P)3CoHX [X = H2, N2, or (H)Si(OEt)j] catalyze 0-silylation and hydrosilylation the hydrogen on Si may be replaced by R O, R COO, R CONH, or R3SiO [e.g., Eqs. (117)-(120)], and excellent yields of silylated product result. Phenolic groups do... 

Although only a dozen known metal complexes were tested in this manner, proof of principle was demonstrated. The test revealed Wilkinson s catalyst to be the most active hydrosilylating agent, its use in this type of reaction being known. However, the study also led to the discovery that a palladacycle, [Pd (o-tolyl)2PC6H4 (OAc)]2, which is usually considered to be potent in Heck reactions, is also an excellent hydrosilylation catalyst.37,38 Control experiments showed that the relative order of catalyst activity is the same when conventional substrates are used in place of the dyes (8). 

Ruthenium complexes do not have an extensive history as alkyne hydrosilylation catalysts. Oro noted that a ruthenium(n) hydride (Scheme 11, A) will perform stepwise alkyne insertion, and that the resulting vinylruthenium will undergo transmetallation upon treatment with triethylsilane to regenerate the ruthenium(n) hydride and produce the (E)-f3-vinylsilane in a stoichiometric reaction. However, when the same complex is used to catalyze the hydrosilylation reaction, exclusive formation of the (Z)-/3-vinylsilane is observed.55 In the catalytic case, the active ruthenium species is likely not the hydride A but the Ru-Si species B. This leads to a monohydride silylmetallation mechanism (see Scheme 1). More recently, small changes in catalyst structure have been shown to provide remarkable changes in stereoselectivity (Scheme ll).56... 

Studies on the immobilization of Pt-based hydrosilylation catalysts have resulted in the development of polymer-supported Pt catalysts that exhibit high hydrosilylation and low isomerization activity, high selectivity, and stability in solventless alkene hydrosilylation at room temperature.627 Results with Rh(I) and Pt(II) complexes supported on polyamides628 and Mn-based carbonyl complexes immobilized on aminated poly(siloxane) have also been published.629 A supported Pt-Pd bimetallic colloid containing Pd as the core metal with Pt on the surface showed a remarkable shift in activity in the hydrosilylation of 1-octene.630... 

Hydroboration of a variety of alkenes and terminal alkynes with catecholborane in the fluorous solvent perfluoromethylcyclohexane was performed using fluorous analogs of the Wilkinson catalyst.135 136 Recycling of a rhodium-based alkene hydrosilylation catalyst was also successful.137 Activated aromatics and naphthalene showed satisfactory reactivity in Friedel-Crafts acylation with acid anhydrides in the presence of Yb tris(perfluoroalkanesulfonyl)methide catalysts.138... 

Keywords Asymmetric hydrosilylation, optically active alcohols, amines, Chiral Titanocene Catalysts, Acyclic Imines, Cyclic Imines, Chiral Rhodium Catalysts, aromatic ketones... 

A quaternary phosphonium hexachloroplatinate bound to the Merrifield resin is also an effective hydrosilylation catalyst which can be used repeatedly without appreciable loss of activity.105... 

Since 1957 and the discovery of the Speir s catalyst H2PtCl6/ PrOH, considerable efforts have been made to find new catalysts with high activity and selectivity. Along with the platinum-based catalysts, the Wilkinson s complex [103] Rh(Ph3P)3Cl is one of the most popular hydrosilylation catalysts. Ruthenium catalysts are also able to promote the addition of silanes to unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds, and several reports have shown during the past decade that the well-defined ruthenium complexes of type Ru(H)(Cl)(CO)L can provide excellent activity and selectivity [104—... 

Platinum compounds and complexes are the most important and commonly used catalysts for hydrosilylation processes [7 - 9]. Platinum catalysts tolerate a variety of functional groups, but some impurities may interact with them leading to catalyst poisoning [10]. This has stimulated much research aimed at employing other transition metal compounds as potential catalysts. For example, Rh(I) complexes are selective and active hydrosilylation catalysts [11] and more resistant to poisoning than the platinum ones [12]. 

All complexes have shown high catalytic activity, even at room temperature (in contrast to platinum catalysts). Hydrosilylation in the presence of phosphine-rhodium complexes occurred in air, because real catalyst (active intermediate) was formed after oxygenation and/or dissociation of phosphine, as reported previously [14]. The non-phosphine complexes 1 and 4 are also very efficient catalysts for the hydrosilylation of allyl glycidyl ether. Irrespective of the starting precursor, a tetracoordinated Rh-H species, responsible for catalysis, is generated under reaction conditions, as illustrated in Scheme 3. 

Although 187-189 were not active catalysts for polymerization process, 187 and 189 proved to be active olefin hydrosilylation catalysts, presumably 187 first reacted with a silane to form a reactive metal hydride species. They are the first examples of d° metal complexes with non-Cp ligands in the catalytic hydrosilylation of olefins. The mechanism was believed to be consistent with that of other d° metallocene-based catalysts and included two steps 1) fast olefin insertion into the metal hydride bond and 2) a slow metathesis reaction with the silane. The catalysts exhibited a high regioselective preference for terminal addition in the case of aliphatic olefins... 

The structural parameters of the complexes were studied in the dry and swollen states by WAXS, SAXS, DSC, nitrogen BET adsorption, ISEC and pycnometry. The original polymer structure changed during complex formation to materials of higher porosity. The relationship between the support structure and catalyst activity and selectivity was studied in model reactions, namely, hydrosilylation of alkenes, dienes and alkynes (Scheme 11.6). 

The catalyst activity decreased with increasing polymer crystallinity. A high regioselectivity of the catalyst in the hydrosilylation of alkenes towards formation of the linear products was achieved due to the favorable microporous structure of the polyamide supports with pore size of 10-20. The stereoselectivity of the reaction can be reversed by a proper choice of donor functions in a polymer support, for example the traditional cis-selectivity of Rh catalysts in hydrosilylation of phen-ylacetylene was changed to trans-selectivity by use of a 2,5-py instead of a 2,6-py moiety. The polyamide-supported catalysts showed high stability through 6-9 synthesis runs [25]. 

The catalyst is now dispersed in the ionic liquid phase, from which the pure product separates as a new liquid phase that can be easily decanted after the reaction. The ionic liquid catalyst phase is stiU active and can be reused. It is important that standard hydrosilylation catalysts can be used without further modification. Degussa has been running this process on a pilot scale achieving conversions of >99%. In most cases the detectable platinum content of the products was < 1 ppm. 

For specific applications, such as paper release resins, we have developed two types of photochemically activated platinum hydrosilylation catalysts. The complexes 1 are highly useful in silicone resin formation using Si-H and Si-Vi or Si-H and Si poxy ftmctional polysiloxanes under thermal or UV irradiation conditions. 

Related monometallic catalysts of the type [Rh(NHC)(COD)Cl] have been used for the hydrosilylation of alkynes however, the sensitivity of the reaction to conditions of temperature and solvent, and the identity of the silane, halide ligand and NHC substituents, precludes a meaningful comparison of catalyst activity. 

Silanes have also found use in colloid preparation. An interesting example for the use of organosilanes in the formation of organosols of transition metals is the reduction of platinum(II) complexes, especially cyclooctadieneplatinum dichloride, to colloidal platinum by trialkoxysilanes and trialkylsilanes. Hus was reported by Lewis and coworkers [60] who demonstrated that the presumably homogeneous hydrosilylation catalysts formed from platinum compounds in the presence of silanes were in fact colloidal in nature, and raised the prospect for colloid activity in many homogeneous catalyst systems (see Section 6.5). The same reduction method with organosilanes has been used for the preparation of colloids of rhodium and palladium. [61]... 

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