Organosilicon synthesis hydrosilanes

Organosilicon compounds are widely used in our daily life as oil, grease, rubbers, cosmetics, medicinal chemicals, etc. However, these compounds are not naturally occurring substances but artificially produced ones (for reviews of organosilicon chemistry, see [59-64]). Hydrosilylation reactions catalyzed by a transition-metal catalyst are one of the most powerful tools for the synthesis of organosilicon compounds. Reaction of an unsaturated C-C bond such as alkynes or alkenes with hydrosilane affords a vinyl- or alkylsilane, respectively (Scheme 16). 

The addition reaction of hydrosilanes to alkenes and alkynes is called hydrosilylation, a reaction which was discovered when a mixture of 1-octene and trichlorosilane was heated in the presence of diacetyl peroxide. This reaction is particularly useful for the synthesis of organosilicon compounds. Since then, a variety of catalysts and conditions have been reported. Characteristic features of the reaction are discussed in this chapter. 

Kohra S, Hayashida H, Tominaga Y, Hosomi A. Pentaco-ordinate organosilicon compounds in synthesis asymmetric reduction of carbonyl compounds with hydrosilanes catalyzed by chiral bases. Tetrahedron Lett. 1988 29 89-92. 

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