Oxidative addition of ammonia at a silicon(II) center and an unprecedented hydrogenation reaction of compounds with low-valent group 14 elements using ammonia borane

Anukul Jana; Carola Schulzke; Herbert W Roesky

doi:10.1021/ja900880z

Oxidative addition of ammonia at a silicon(II) center and an unprecedented hydrogenation reaction of compounds with low-valent group 14 elements using ammonia borane

J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Apr 8;131(13):4600-1. doi: 10.1021/ja900880z.

Authors

Anukul Jana¹, Carola Schulzke, Herbert W Roesky

Affiliation

¹ Institut für Anorganische Chemie der Universität Göttingen, Tammannstrasse 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.

PMID: 19296628
DOI: 10.1021/ja900880z

Abstract

The reaction of L'Si [L' = CH{(C=CH(2))(CMe)(2,6-iPr(2)C(6)H(3)N)(2)}] with ammonia under oxidative addition results in L'Si(H)NH(2). H(3)NBH(3) functions as a source of hydrogen for the hydrogenation of N-heterocyclic carbenes and germylenes.