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Mechanistic studies on ethylene silylation with chlorosilanes catalysed by ruthenium complexes
Sébastien Lachaize1, Sylviane Sabo-Etienne, Bruno Donnadieu
1Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination du CNRS, 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 04, France.
Abstract:
Silylation of ethylene by chlorosilanes is catalysed by ruthenium complexes. Mechanistic investigations reveal the presence of a complicated network of reactions leading to new sigma-silane, ethylene and silyl complexes.