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Silylene induced cooperative B-H bond activation and unprecedented aldehyde C-H bond splitting with amidinate ring
V S V S N Swamy1, K Vipin Raj, Kumar Vanka
1Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune 411008, India. ss.sen@ncl.res.in.
Abstract:
The addition of HBpin to PhC(NtBu)2SiN(SiMe3)2 (1) results in the cleavage of the B-H bond in a cooperative fashion across the Si and amidinate-C sites. The reaction of 1 with benzaldehyde led to C-H bond activation with amidinate ring expansion leading to a five-membered heterocycle. In case of 4-fluorobenzaldehyde, a C-C bond coupling takes place leading to a dioxasilolane derivative as the major product.
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