LETTER	Synlett 2007: 1387-1390   DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-980343
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
Silylation of Aryl Iodides with 1,1,1,3,5,5,5-Heptamethyltrisiloxane Catalyzed by Transition-Metal Complexes
Miki Murata*, Kosuke Ota, Hiroyuki Yamasaki, Shinji Watanabe, Yuzuru Masuda
Department of Materials Science, Kitami Institute of Technology, 165 Koencho, Kitami 090-8507, Japan Fax: +81(157)264973; e-Mail: muratamk@mail.kitami-it.ac.jp;
Received 22 March 2007

Abstract

The silylation of various kinds of aryl iodides with 1,1,1,3,5,5,5-heptamethyltrisiloxane was achieved by a suitable transition-metal catalyst, such as Pd(0), Pt(0), and Rh(I). These ­catalytic systems showed dramatically different substrate scope.

Key words

silicon - transition metals - catalysis - cross-coupling - aryl halides