Hydrosilylation of bis

Axially chiral spirosilane 61 was efficiently prepared by double intramolecular hydrosilylation of bis (alkenyl) dihydrosilane 60. By use of SILOP ligand, a C2 symmetric spirosilane which is almost enantiomerically pure was obtained with high di-astereoselectivity (Scheme 3-24) [65]. SILOP ligand is much more stereoselective for this asymmetric hydrosilylation than DlOP (5) though they have similar structure. 

Intramolecular hydrosilylation of bis(2-piopenyl)methoxysilane, a meso diene, in the presence of an Rh(I) catalyst containing DIOP or BINAP followed by hydrogen peroxide oxidation, produces the optically active 1,3-diol in up to 93% ee (Scheme 5) 16a). The intramo-... 

Their synthesis utilized rhodium-catalyzed hydrosilylation of bis-vinylsilanes and bis-alkynes. The ratio of the three chromophores in the above polymer is 1 2 1, corresponding to Dl, D2, and A chromophores, respectively. Cheng and Luh found that upon excitation of the donor chromophore Dl, only emission from the acceptor A was observed [199]. 

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). 

Stoichiometric reaction of 5 with phenylsilane produced the iron(O) bis(silane) c-complex 18, which was confirmed by the single-crystal X-ray analysis as well as SQUID (Superconducting QUantum Interference Device) magnetometry (Scheme 19). Complex 18 as a precatalyst showed high activity for the hydrosilylation of 1-hexene. 

Scheme 24 The comparison of a bis(imino)pyridine iron complex and a pyridine bis(oxazoline) iron complex for hydrosilylation of ketones...

Concerning enantioselective processes, Fujihara and Tamura have proved that palladium NPs containing (S)-BINAP (2,2 -bis(diphenylphosphino)-l,l -binaphthyl) as chiral stabiliser, catalyse the hydrosilylation of styrene with trichlorosilane, obtaining (S)-l-phenylethanol as the major isomer (ee = 75%) [42]. In contrast, the palladium complex [Pd(BINAP)(C3H5)]Cl is inactive for the same reaction [43]. 

Very recently, the yttrium hydride [2,2 -bis(tert-butyldimethylsilylamido)-6,6 -di-methylbiphenyl]YH(THF) 2 (36), conveniently generated in situ from [2,2 -bis(tert-butyldimethylsilylamido)-6,6 -dimethylbiphenyl]YMe(THF)2 (35) demonstrated its high catalytic activity in olefin hydrosilylation. This system represents the first use of a d° metal complex with non-Cp ligands for the catalytic hydrosilylation of olefins. Hydrosilylation of norbornene with PhSiHs gave the corresponding product (37) of 90% ee (Scheme 3-15) [43]. 

Scheme 10.47 Rh-catalysed hydrosilylation of acetophenone with bis(thiazolines) ligands.

Subsequently, cationic rhodium catalysts are also found to be effective for the regio- and stereoselective hydrosilation of alkynes in aqueous media. Recently, Oshima et al. reported a rhodium-catalyzed hydrosilylation of alkynes in an aqueous micellar system. A combination of [RhCl(nbd)]2 and bis-(diphenylphosphi no)propanc (dppp) were shown to be effective for the ( >selective hydrosilation in the presence of sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS), an anionic surfactant, in water.86 An anionic surfactant is essential for this ( )-selective hydrosilation, possibly because anionic micelles are helpful for the formation of a cationic rhodium species via dissociation of the Rh-Cl bond. For example, Triton X-100, a neutral surfactant, gave nonstereoselective hydrosilation whereas methyltrioctylammonium chloride, a cationic surfactant, resulted in none of the hydrosilation products. It was also found that the selectivity can be switched from E to Z in the presence of sodium iodide (Eq. 4.47). 

Phosphinoalkylsilanes as chelate ligands with transition metals have been studied, principally to provide a better understanding of metal-catalyzed industrial reactions such as hydrosilylation.51 Although many examples of bis-chelate metal complexes possessing a cA-arrangement of the phosphinoalkylsilyl ligands in a typical square-planar M(II)(M = Pd, Pt) environment have been synthesized,52... 

Within group 8, a bis-dinitrogen complex of an iron(O) tridentate pyridinediimine structure has also recently been shown to catalyze the hydrosilylation of alkyne.60 This discovery is a new example of the utility of low-valent iron in catalysis.61... 

The palladium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrosilylation of styrenes has been applied to the catalytic asymmetric synthesis of l-aryl-l,2-diols from arylacetylenes (Scheme 6).46 Thus, ( )-l-aryl-2-(trichlorosilyl)ethenes, which are readily generated by platinum-catalyzed hydrosilylation of arylacetylenes, were treated with trichlorosilane and the palladium catalyst coordinated with MOP ligand 12f to give 1 -aryl-1,2-bis(silyl)ethanes, oxidation of which produced the enantiomerically enriched (95-98% ee) 1,2-diols. 

A chiral bis(oxazolinyl)phenylrhodium complex was found to catalyze the asymmetric hydrosilylation of styrenes with hydro(alkoxy)silanes such as HSiMe(OEt)2 (Scheme 7).47 Although the regioselectivity in forming branched product 27 is modest, the enantiomeric purity of the branched product 27 is excellent for styrene and its derivatives substituted on the phenyl group. The hydrosilylation products were readily converted into the corresponding benzylic alcohols 29 (up to 95% ee) by the Tamao oxidation. 

In 1985, Hiyama and co-workers reported the hydrosilylation of l,4-bis(trimethylsi-lyl)-l,3-butadiyne (131a) [107, 108], In the presence of transition metal catalysts, double hydrosilylation proceeded in a stepwise manner and tetrasilylallenes (134) were obtained with a proper choice of the catalyst and hydrosilane (Scheme 3.67). 

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). 

Like rare-earth metal hydride and alkyl complexes [141, 206, 207], silylamide derivahves catalyze the hydrosilylation of alkenes and dienes with phenylsilane [208-210]. Accordingly, materials [Ln N(SiMe3)2 3] AS-380.7oo (12a-d, Table 12.3) featuring monopodal bis(silylamide) surface complexes have been exploited as catalysts for the reaction of 1-hexene and styrene with PhSiH3 (Scheme 12.20) [118]. 

In 1989, the first bis(oxazoline) ligands were introduced by Nishiyama and coworkers.These bis(oxazolinylpyridines), also called py-box ligands 1 were originally used for the enantioselective hydrosilylation of ketones (Fig. 9.1). 

Reductive hydrosilylations of ketones using chiral C2-symmetric bis(oxazolines)... 

TABLE 9.34 AZIRIDINATION OF CINNAMATE ESTERS, 575 TABLE 9.35 BIS(OXAZOLINE)-MEDIATED ALLYLIC OXIDATION, 577 TABLE 9.36 HYDROSILYLATION OF ACETOPHENONE, 578... 

Cuadrado et al. reported that hydrosilylation of 1,3,5,7-tetramethylcy-clotetrasiloxane (1) with four equivalents of vinylferrocene (2) in the presence of catalytic bis(divinyltetramethyldisiloxane)platinum(0) yielded tetraferrocenyl compound 3 in 92% yield (Scheme 1). The cyclic voltammogram of 3 exhibited a single reversible oxidation wave and coulometry established that this wave corresponded to the removal of four electrons per molecule, suggesting that the four ferrocenyl units act as independent, non-interacting redox centers. ... 

Widenhoefer and co-workers have developed an effective protocol for the asymmetric cyclization/hydrosilylation of functionalized 1,6-enynes catalyzed by enantiomerically enriched cationic rhodium bis(phosphine) complexes. For example, treatment of dimethyl allyl(2-butynyl)malonate with triethylsilane (5 equiv.) and a catalytic 1 1 mixture of [Rh(GOD)2] SbF6 and (i )-BIPHEMP (5 mol%) at 70 °G for 90 min gave the silylated alkylidene cyclopentane 12 in 81% yield with 98% de and 92% ee (Table 4, entry 1). A number of tertiary silanes were effective for the rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric cyclization/hydrosilylation of dimethyl allyl(2-butynyl)malonate with yields ranging from 71% to 81% and with 77-92% ee (Table 4, entries 1-5). Although the scope of the protocol was limited, a small number of functionalized 1,6-enynes including A-allyl-A-(2-butynyl)-4-methylbenzenesulfonamide underwent reaction in moderate yield with >80% ee (Table 4, entries 6-8). 

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