Synlett 2019; 30(13): 1551-1554
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1611869
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Copper-Catalyzed Twofold Silylmetalation of Alkynes

Hiroki Yamagishi
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Jun Shimokawa
Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan   Email: shimokawa@kuchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp   Email: yori@kuchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan   Email: shimokawa@kuchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp   Email: yori@kuchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP15H05641, JP16H04109, JP18H04254, JP18H04409, and JP19H00895. H.Y. thanks The Asahi Glass Foundation for financial support.
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Publication History

Received: 11 May 2019

Accepted after revision: 29 May 2019

Publication Date:
25 June 2019 (online)


Abstract

The first twofold silylmetalation across a C≡C triple bond was achieved. In the presence of a catalytic amount of copper cyanide, diarylacetylenes were converted into 1,2-dimetalated 1,2-disilyl-1,2-diarylethanes on treatment with silylpotassium species generated in situ from disilane and t-BuOK. The dimetalated species were subsequently protonated to yield a series of 1,2-disilyl-1,2-diarylethanes.

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  • 12 In the presence of smaller amounts of disilane (1.0 equiv) and t-BuOK (1.2 equiv), we obtained recovered alkyne 1a (32%) and disilylated product 3a (19%), as well as the monosilylated alkene (25%), after protic workup. This suggests that a monosilylated copper species is formed just before the the silylpotassium species is consumed. The monosilylated copper species might also add to the alkyne to provide the monosilylated alkene eventually.