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Dalton Trans. 2013 May 28;42(20):7458-62. doi: 10.1039/c3dt32983f.

N-heterocyclic carbene-initiated hydrosilylation of styryl alcohols with dihydrosilanes: a mechanistic investigation.

Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)

David Gatineau, Qiwu Zhao, Dennis P Curran, Max Malacria, Emmanuel Lacôte, Louis Fensterbank, Jean-Philippe Goddard

Affiliations

  1. Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire (UMR CNRS 7201)-FR 2769 UPMC Univ Paris 06, 4 place Jussieu, C. 229, 75005 Paris, France.

PMID: 23459715 DOI: 10.1039/c3dt32983f

Abstract

Investigation of the mechanism of the NHC-initiated hydrosilylation of styryl alcohols in the presence of a dihydrosilane suggests a general base catalysis mechanism and not the activation of the dihydrosilane by the NHC.

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