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The Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of a Series of Ruthenium N-triphosPh Complexes
Published on: April 10, 2015
A phosphine-stabilized silylene rhodium complex
N Almenara1, J I Miranda, A Rodríguez-Diéguez
1Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 20080 San Sebastián, Spain. miguelangel.huertos@ehu.es.
Abstract:
The first phosphine-stabilized cationic rhodium silylene complex is reported. A dihydrido-silylene-Rh(iii) compound reacts with water and alcohols forming alkoxysilyl-Rh(iii) complexes and hydrogen gas. Moreover, benzophenone reacts with a cationic silylene rhodium complex leading to the reduction of the carbonyl group and the formation of an alkoxysilyl-Rh(iii) compound which has been identified as a likely intermediate in the mechanism for the hydrosilylation of ketones proposed by Hofmann and Gade.
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