Metal free mild and selective aldehyde cyanosilylation by a neutral penta-coordinate silicon compound

V S V S N Swamy; Milan Kumar Bisai; Tamal Das; Sakya S Sen

doi:10.1039/c7cc03948d

Metal free mild and selective aldehyde cyanosilylation by a neutral penta-coordinate silicon compound

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Jun 22;53(51):6910-6913. doi: 10.1039/c7cc03948d.

Authors

V S V S N Swamy¹, Milan Kumar Bisai, Tamal Das, Sakya S Sen

Affiliation

¹ Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune 411008, India. [email protected].

PMID: 28608876
DOI: 10.1039/c7cc03948d

Abstract

This study demonstrates the preparation and structural characterization of a Si(iv) hydride (PhC(NtBu)₂SiH(CH₃)Cl) (1) and its use as a catalyst for the cyanosilylation of a variety of aldehydes. Compound 1 represents the first neutral penta-coordinate silicon(iv) species that catalyzes cyanosilylation of aldehydes under mild conditions.