Hydrosilylations rhodium

Hydrosilylation. Rhodium(I) complexes catalyze the asymmetric hydrosilylation of prochiral ketones (eq 5), in the presence of (—)-sparteine. Secondary alcohols are obtained in up to 30% optical yield by this method. 

Our results demonstrate that during the course of a heterogeneous hydrosilylation, rhodium can move on the support (if free phosphino groups are still available on the support). It is very probable that part of the reaction could occur with soluble species. In the case of asymmetric catalysis, they are achiral and will lower the optical yield. It also is not clear at present if in homogeneous hydrosilylation similar phenomena do occur, which would increase the number of catalytically actives species. 

Keywords hydrosilylation, rhodium(i) siloxide complex, allyl derivatives... 

Chiral diamino carbene complexes of rhodium have been merely used in asymmetric hydrosilylations of prochiral ketones but also in asymmetric addition of aryl boron reagents to enones. 

Herrmann et al. reported for the first time in 1996 the use of chiral NHC complexes in asymmetric hydrosilylation [12]. An achiral version of this reaction with diaminocarbene rhodium complexes was previously reported by Lappert et al. in 1984 [40]. The Rh(I) complexes 53a-b were obtained in 71-79% yield by reaction of the free chiral carbene with 0.5 equiv of [Rh(cod)Cl]2 in THF (Scheme 30). The carbene was not isolated but generated in solution by deprotonation of the corresponding imidazolium salt by sodium hydride in liquid ammonia and THF at - 33 °C. The rhodium complexes 53 are stable in air both as a solid and in solution, and their thermal stability is also remarkable. The hydrosilylation of acetophenone in the presence of 1% mol of catalyst 53b gave almost quantitative conversions and optical inductions up to 32%. These complexes are active in hydrosilylation without an induction period even at low temperatures (- 34 °C). The optical induction is clearly temperature-dependent it decreases at higher temperatures. No significant solvent dependence could be observed. In spite of moderate ee values, this first report on asymmetric hydrosilylation demonstrated the advantage of such rhodium carbene complexes in terms of stability. No dissociation of the ligand was observed in the course of the reaction. 

The hydrosilylation of acetophenone by diphenylsilane in CH2CI2 at rt was used as a test reaction to compare the selectivity obtained with the carbene ligands (Scheme 36). The reactions were performed in the presence of a sUght excess of AgBp4 (1.2% mol). In these conditions, the N-mesityl-substituted catalyst 57c (1% mol) gave the highest selectivity (65% ee). The in situ formation of square-planar cationic rhodium species 58 as active catalysts appears to be crucial since the same reaction performed without silver salt gave both poor yield (53%) and enantioselectivity (13%). 

Highly enantioselective hydrosilylation of aliphatic and aromatic carbonyl compounds such as acetophenone, methyl phenethyl ketone 1813, or deuterobenz-aldehyde 1815 can be readily achieved with stericaUy hindered silanes such as o-tolyl2SiH2 or phenyl mesityl silane 1810 in the presence of the rhodium-ferrocene catalyst 1811 to give alcohols such as 1812, 1814, and 1816 in high chemical and optical yield [47] (Scheme 12.14). More recently, hydrosilylations of aldehydes... 

Rhodium Atom-Derived Catalysts in the Hydroformylation of 1,3-Dienes and in the Hydrosilylation of Aromatic Nitriles... 

Hydrosilylation of Aromatic Nitriles with Rhodium Powder and Rh/y-Al20j... 

The hydrosilylation of nitriles is unusual, since the cyano group is quite inert under the usual reaction conditions [37]. Rhodium metal particles, isolated as rmsupported (catalyst B) or supported (catalyst C) samples are able to catalyze the hydrosilylation of aromatic nitriles to N,... 

The rhodium powder was prepared directly in the Carius tube employed for the hydrosilylation experiment. 

Asymmetric hydrosilylation can be extended to 1,3-diynes for the synthesis of optically active allenes, which are of great importance in organic synthesis, and few synthetic methods are known for their asymmetric synthesis with chiral catalysts. Catalytic asymmetric hydrosilylation of butadiynes provides a possible way to optically allenes, though the selectivity and scope of this reaction are relatively low. A chiral rhodium complex coordinated with (2S,4S)-PPM turned out to be the best catalyst for the asymmetric hydrosilylation of butadiyne to give an allene of 22% ee (Scheme 3-20) [59]. 

Another approach in the use of chiral S/P ligands for the hydrosilylation reaction of ketones was proposed more recently by Evans et Thus, in 2003, these workers studied the application of new chiral thioether-phosphinite ligands to enantioselective rhodium-catalysed ketone hydrosilylation processes. For a wide variety of ketones, such as acyclic aryl alkyl and dialkyl ketones as well as cyclic aryl alkyl ketones and also cyclic keto esters, the reaction gave high levels of enantioselectivity of up to 99% ee (Scheme 10.44). 

In addition. Taller and Chase have reported the use of chiral tridentate S/N/P ligands for the rhodium-catalysed hydrosilylation of ketones.The best ligand, which provided an enantioselectivity of up to 64% ee, was that bearing the shortest reach to the metal to give a tridentate ligand, as shown in Scheme 10.51. 

A variety of transition metal complexes catalyze hydrosilylation of alkynes. Catalysis of hydrosilylation by rhodium gives T -alkenylsilanes from 1-alkynes.74... 

DKR via hydrosilylation was also investigated in the presence of the methyl-DuPhos rhodium complex. When MOM protected 31 was tested, a low yield of desired diasteromer was observed with modest 70% ee. On the other hand, the unprotected thiol-ketone 33 gave 89% ee of the desired anti-diastereomer in 40%... 

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). 

For the hydrosilylation reaction various rhodium, platinum, and cobalt catalysts were employed. For the further chain extension the OH-functionalities were deprotected by KCN in methanol. The final step involved the enzymatic polymerization from the maltoheptaose-modified polystyrene using a-D-glucose-l-phosphalc dipotassium salt dihydrate in a citrate buffer (pH = 6.2) and potato phosphorylase (Scheme 59). The characterization of the block copolymers was problematic in the case of high amylose contents, due to the insolubility of the copolymers in THF. 

Wilkinson s catalyst brings about the hydrosilylation of a range of terminal alkenes (1-octene, trimethylvinylsilane) by 2-dimethylsilylpyridine with good regioselectivity for the anti-Markovnikoff product. Both 3-dimethylsilylpyridine and dimethylphenylsilane are less reactive sources of Si-H. In contrast, these two substrates are far more reactive than 2-dimethylsilylpyridine for the hydrosilylation of alkynes by [Pt(CH2 = CHSiMe2)20]/PR3 (R = Ph, Bu ). This difference was explained to be due to the operation of the two different pathways for Si-H addition—the standard Chalk-Harrod pathway with platinum and the modified Chalk-Harrod pathway with rhodium.108... 

The rhodium-catalyzed intramolecular hydrosilylation of allylic alcohol derived silyl ethers has been described. Oxidative cleavage of the resulting cyclized hydrosilylation products affords a route to optically active diols (Scheme 28).129,130... 

Table 10 Impact of the chelating phosphine on levels of enantioselectivity in rhodium-catalyzed intramolecular hydrosilylation with [Rh(P-P)(acetone)2]+.

While it is beyond the scope of this chapter to cover the asymmetric hydrosilylation of ketones and imines in any detail, a number of the more catalytically active ML combinations will be mentioned here. A full review of the area has recently appeared.138 Asymmetric hydrosilylation of carbonyl groups is usually performed with rhodium or titanium catalysts bearing chelating N- or P-based ligands. Representative results for some of the most active Rh/L combinations (Scheme 32) for addition of Si H to acetophenone are given in Table 11. 

The enantioselective hydrosilylation of 2-pentylcyclopentenone is effected with PMHS and an active catalyst derived from (R.R)-ethylenebis(tetrahydro-indenyl)titanium difluoride and phenylsilane (EBTHI)Ti (Eq. 3 50).587 The use of diphenylsilane, a rhodium catalyst, and (W, / )-(. ,.S )-BuTRAP as the chiral ligand gives similar results.576 Other related approaches give greatly inferior enantioselectivies, 592 594... 

Menthone and camphor undergo asymmetric hydrosilylation to give alkoxysilanes with up to 82% optical purity using neutral rhodium(I) catalysts containing DIOP or neomenthyl- or menthyl-diphenylphos-phine even triphenylphosphine gave about 65% ee (300). Hydrolysis to alcohols was not reported. The ferrocenyl ligands (28, 29) are similarly effective for asymmetric hydrosilylation (255), and could be used for production of the optically active alcohols. 

The most efficient way to produce optically active amines, at least with a rhodium-DIOP catalyst, is via the hydrosilylation-hydrolysis process (229, 284, Chapter 9 in this volume) for example ... 

However, on a lightly cross-linked hydroxyethylmethacrylate/styrene polymer that swells in polar solvents (22, 365), or on a silica-gel support (366), catalyst performance matches that of the soluble one for the precursor amino acid substrates. A rhodium-DIOP analog has also been supported on a polymer containing pendent optically active alcohol sites [incidentally, formed via hydrosilylation and hydrolysis of a ketonic polymer component using an in situ rhodium(I)-DIOP catalyst]. The supported catalyst in alcohol again matched that of the soluble catalyst for... 

Supported cationic rhodium(I) phosphine complexes, chiral at a men-thyl moiety, effected hydrogenation of ketones, but the 2-butanol produced from methylethylketone was optically inactive (348). Polystyrene-or silica gel-supported DIOP systems, however, are particularly effective for production of optically active alcohols (up to 60% ee) via asymmetric hydrosilylation of ketones (10, 284, 296, 366, 368 see also Section III, A,4). 

Very recently, Wiedenhoefer272 has devised the first asymmetric 1,6-enyne hydrosilylation/cyclization tandem process using a rhodium(l) catalyst with (R)-276 as chiral ligand where rhodium-BINAP complexes were not effective (Scheme 70). More developments on this reaction are covered in Chapter 11.13. 

The rhodium-catalyzed cyclization/hydrosilylation of internal diyne proceeds efficiently with high stereoselectivity (Scheme 106). However, terminal diynes show low reactivity to rhodium cationic complexes. Tolerance of functionalities seems to be equivalent between the rhodium and platinum catalysts. The bulkiness of the hydrosilane used is very important for the regioselectivity of the rhodium-catalyzed cyclization/hydrosilylation. For example, less-hindered dimethylethylsilane gives disilylated diene without cyclization (resulting in the double hydrosilylation of the two alkynes), and /-butyldimethylsilane leads to the formation of cyclotrimerization compound. 

The first rhodium-catalyzed reductive cyclization of enynes was reported in I992.61,61a As demonstrated by the cyclization of 1,6-enyne 37a to vinylsilane 37b, the rhodium-catalyzed reaction is a hydrosilylative transformation and, hence, complements its palladium-catalyzed counterpart, which is a formal hydrogenative process mediated by silane. Following this seminal report, improved catalyst systems were developed enabling cyclization at progressively lower temperatures and shorter reaction times. For example, it was found that A-heterocyclic carbene complexes of rhodium catalyze the reaction at 40°C,62 and through the use of immobilized cobalt-rhodium bimetallic nanoparticle catalysts, the hydrosilylative cyclization proceeds at ambient temperature.6... 

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