Synthesis 2019; 51(17): 3305-3312
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1611824
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

New Zinc Catalyst for Hydrosilylation of Carbonyl Compounds

Iryna D. Alshakova
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Brock University, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, ON, L2S 3A1, Canada   Email: gnikonov@brocku.ca
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This research was supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Discovery Grant, 2017-05231 to G.I.N.).
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Publication History

Received: 07 March 2019

Accepted after revision: 18 April 2019

Publication Date:
07 May 2019 (online)


Abstract

A new zinc complex was synthesized and applied in the catalytic hydrosilylation of carbonyl compounds. Optimization of the reaction conditions showed that the presence a substoichiometric amount of methanol accelerates the process significantly. The reaction can proceed at very low catalyst load (down to 0.1 mol%) under mild reaction conditions. The reaction tolerates the presence of C=C bonds, and thus can be useful for the synthesis of allylic alcohols from α,β-unsaturated aldehydes and ketones.

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