Hydrosilylation-isomerization

Metallacarboranes. These are used in homogeneous catalysis (222), including hydrogenation, hydrosilylation, isomerization, hydrosilanolysis, phase transfer, bum rate modifiers in gun and rocket propellants, neutron capture therapy (254), medical imaging (255), processing of radioactive waste (192), analytical reagents, and as ceramic precursors. 

These complexes anchored to a solid via a ligand have been tested for a number of reactions including the hydrogenation, hydroformylation, hydrosilylation, isomerization, dimerization, oligomerization, and polymerization of olefins carbonylation of methanol the water gas shift reaction and various oxidation and hydrolysis reactions (see later for some examples). In most cases, the characterization of the supported entities is very limited the surface reactions are often described on the basis of well-known chemistry, confirmed in some cases by spectroscopic data and elemental analysis. 

Ojima has reported a rhodium-catalyzed protocol for the disilylative cyclization of diynes with hydrosilanes to form alkylidene cyclopentanes and/or cyclopentenes. As an example, reaction of dipropargylhexylamine with triethyl-silane catalyzed by Rh(acac)(GO)2 under an atmosphere of CO at 65 °G for 10 h gave an 83 17 mixture of the disilylated alkylidene pyrrolidine derivative 92b (X = N-//-hexyl) and the disilylated dihydro-1/ -pyrrole 92c (X = N-//-hexyl) in 76% combined yield (Equation (60)). Compounds 92b and 92c were presumably formed via hydrosilyla-tion and hydrosilylation/isomerization, respectively, of the initially formed silylated dialkylidene cyclopentane 92a (Equation (60)). The 92b 92c ratio was substrate dependent. Rhodium-catalyzed disilylative cyclization of dipro-pargyl ether formed the disilylated alkylidene tetrahydrofuran 92b (X = O) as the exclusive product in low yield, whereas the reaction of dimethyl dipropargylmalonate formed cyclopentene 92c [X = C(C02Et)2] as the exclusive product in 74% isolated yield (Equation (60)). 

The tandem hydrosilylation-isomerization process of sec-propargyl alcohols 140 provides an easy access to /J-silylketones 142 via silylallylic alcohols 141 (equation 57)136. 

The mechanism for hydrosilylation in Figs. 6 and 7 clearly has much in common with suggestions regarding homogeneous transition metal catalysis for other processes involving olefins, such as hydrogenation, isomerization, the oxo reaction, and oligo- and polymerization. 

By analogy with hydroformylation, dicobalt octacarbonyl has been examined as a hydrosilylation catalyst. Various silanes and a-olefins react, often exothermically. Thermal deactivation occurs above 60° C hence, large exotherms and high temperatures must be avoided (56, 57,130). Isomerization is more pronounced than for the bridged olefin complexes of Pt(II) and Rh(I) (see below) it even occurs with trialkoxysilanes (57). Though isomerization is faster than hydrosilylation, little variation in the relative rates of these two processes with the nature of the silane is observed this is in marked contrast to the bridged systems (55). 

With alkoxysilanes, rapid hydrosilylation of the terminal olefin occurs, without isomerization, to give high yield of adduct. 

The most common behavior, especially for substrates with Si—Cl bonds, is the extensive isomerization of excess of olefin during rapid hydrosilylation. 

With alkyl- and arylsilanes, concurrent isomerization and hydrosilylation occur, but the rates of both processes fall away rapidly due to some reduction to the metal such deactivation is temperature-dependent, and high yields of adduct are obtained with these silanes when additions are carried out slowly at ambient temperature. 

Hydrosilylation by Ziegler-type catalyst systems [e.g., Ni(acac)2/AlEt3] has been examined for the reaction of 1-octene with EtjSiH in benzene 178). Complications include competing isomerization and reduction to metal however, 1,3-dienes or terminal acetylenes are readily hydrosilylated withRC i CH, the major product is CH2 CR. CRiCHSiXj. 

Bis(imino)pyridine iron complex 5 acts as a catalyst not only for hydrogenation (see 2.1) but also for hydrosilylation of multiple bonds [27]. The results are summarized in Table 10. The reaction rate for hydrosilylations is slower than that for the corresponding hydrogenation however, the trend of reaction rates is similar in each reaction. In case of tra s-2-hexene, the terminal addition product hexyl (phenyl)silane was obtained predominantly. This result clearly shows that an isomerization reaction takes place and the subsequent hydrosilylation reaction dehvers the corresponding product. Reaction of 1-hexene with H2SiPh2 also produced the hydrosilylated product in this system (eq. 1 in Scheme 18). However, the reaction rate for H2SiPh2 was slower than that for H3SiPh. In addition, reaction of diphenylacetylene as an atkyne with phenylsilane afforded the monoaddition product due to steric repulsion (eq. 2 in Scheme 18). 

Scheme 2.6 Possible isomeric products in the hydrosilylation of alkynes (disUanes from further hydrosilylation of the alkenyl silanes are excluded)...

The hydrogenation and hydrosilylation mechanisms using OsHCl(CO)(P Pr3)2 as catalyst show significant differences (Schemes 51 and 53). Thus, although the very stable Os (E)-CH=CHPh Cl(CO)(P Pr3)2 is the only complex observed under catalytic conditions in both cases, the hydrosilylation catalysis proceeds by initial reaction of HSiEt3 with OsHCl(CO)(P Pr3)2. The formation of cis-PhHC=CH(SiEt3) seems to occur by isomerization of a vinyl intermediate formed... 

Hydrosilylation turned out to be a unique method in organosilicone chemistry, but in some cases it suffers from severe side reactions. An explanation is provided by the generally accepted reaction mechanism known as "Chalk-Harrod mechanism" described elsewhere [7]. Included in this series of reaction steps is an insertion of olefmic ligands into a platinum-hydrogen bond. Since the metal may be bonded to either of the unsaturated carbon atoms and the reaction is also an equilibrium, alkenes may result which are in fact isomerized starting material. Isomeric silanes are to be expected as well (Eq. 1), along with 1-hexylsilane, which is by far, the main compound produced. 

Alkenes with two reactive carbon-carbon double bonds per molecule like 1,5-hexadiene or diallyl ether are used in the synthesis of silicone compounds which can be later crosslinked by hydrosilylation. A sufficiently high excess of double bonds helps to prevent the dienes from taking part in silane addition across both olefmic ends, but trouble comes from double bond isomerization (Eq. 2). 

It has been shown that hydrosilylation may not perform as ideally as is required when preparing co-olefinic silicone compounds from organic a,co-dienes and hydrosil(ox)anes isomerization is a concern and the chemical equivalence of the double bonds requires a large excess of the diene compound to achieve essentially monohydrosilylation. Further side reactions are discussed by Torres et al [9],... 

Denmark pursued intramolecular alkyne hydrosilylation in the context of generating stereodefined vinylsilanes for cross-coupling chemistry (Scheme 21). Cyclic siloxanes from platinum-catalyzed hydrosilylation were used in a coupling reaction, affording good yields with a variety of aryl iodides.84 The three steps are mutually compatible and can be carried out as a one-pot hydro-arylation of propargylic alcohols. The isomeric trans-exo-dig addition was also achieved. Despite the fact that many catalysts for terminal alkyne hydrosilylation react poorly with internal alkynes, the group found that ruthenium(n) chloride arene complexes—which provide complete selectivity for trans-... 

Intramolecular hydrosilylation.1 Hydrosilylation of internal double bonds requires drastic conditions and results in concomitant isomerization to the terminal position. However, an intramolecular hydrosilylation is possible with allylic or homoallylic alcohols under mild conditions by reaction with 1 at 25° to give a hydrosilyl ether (a), which then forms a cyclic ether (2) in the presence of H2PtCl6-6H20 at 60°. Oxidative cleavage of the C—Si bond results in a 1,3-diol (3). 

The hydrosilylation of l,4-bis(trimethylsilyl)but-3-en-l-yne (141) was beautifully controlled and four different isomeric products could be prepared independently with 93-96% selectivity by a proper choice of geometric isomers of 141 and transition metal catalysts [113]. One of the four products from the reaction of 141 with 132p was allene 142, which was obtained as a mixture (142 143 = 96 4) in 93% yield (Scheme 3.73). 

Although (TMS)3Si has been proven to isomerize alkenes (see above), the post-isomerization of the hydrosilylation adduct could not be observed due to steric hindrance. Only with Ph3Ge radical, the (Z)-( ) interconversion of (TMS)3Si substituted alkenes was achieved [39]. 

Computational and catalytic studies of the hydrosilylation of terminal alkynes have been very recently reported, with the use of [ Ir( r-Cl)(Cl)(Cp ) 2] catalyst to afford highly stereoselectively P-Z-vinylsilanes with high yields (>90%) [35]. B-isomers can be also found among the products, due to subsequent Z —> E isomerization under the conditions employed. The catalytic cycle is based on an lr(lll)-lr(V) oxidahve addition and direct reductive elimination of the P-Z-vinylsilane. Other iridium complexes have been found to be active in the hydrosilylation of phenylacetylene and 1-alkynes for example, when phenylacetylene is used as a substrate, dehydrogenative silylation products are also formed (see Scheme 14.5 and Table 14.3). 

The most notable point of this reaction is that the internal sp-c xhon is selectively carbonylated to form (Z)-14a predominantly, although the ZjE ratio is likely to depend on reaction temperature, time, and catalyst precursor. It is revealed that the stereochemistry of the transition metal-catalyzed addition to alkynes is intrinsically cis. Isomerization from (Z)-14a to ( )-14a proceeds as an independent event from silylformylation. This feature sharply contrasts to the results observed in hydrosilylation of 13 with Me2PhSiH (Equation (3)). ... 

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