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Published on: June 21, 2017
Ruthenium catalyzed selective deacryloyl silylation of aromatic acrylates
Ping Li1, Jiawang Ye1, Ruxin Jin1
1Jiangmen Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry and Cleaner Production, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Wuyi University, Jiangmen 529020, Guangdong Province, China. andonlee@163.com.
Abstract:
An efficient and highly selective ruthenium-catalyzed deacryloyl silylation of aromatic acrylates is presented. A diverse range of monosilyl ethers and disilyl ethers were readily synthesized with excellent functional group compatibility, affording moderate to high yields under mild reaction conditions using hydrosilanes and aromatic acrylates as substrates. The ruthenium catalytic system demonstrated remarkable chemo- and regioselectivity. Moreover, a gram-scale synthesis was successfully achieved, and a plausible reaction mechanism involving the deacryloyl process was proposed.
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