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N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalysts for dehydrogenative coupling of silanes and hydroxyl compounds
Gao, Dongjing,Cui, Chunming
supporting information, p. 11143 - 11147 (2013/09/02)
Go organic! N-Heterocyclic carbene (NHC) 1,3-diisopropyl-4,5- dimethylimidazol-2-ylidene (IiPr) has been found to be an efficient and selective catalyst for the dehydrogenative coupling of a wide range of silanes and hydroxyl groups to form Si-O bonds under mild and solvent-free conditions (see scheme). Mechanistic studies indicated that the activation of hydroxyl groups by the NHC is the most plausible initial step for the process. Copyright