Unexpected formal insertion of CO2 into the C-Si bonds of a zinc compound

Genette I McGrew; Pathik A Khatri; William E Geiger; Richard A Kemp; Rory Waterman

doi:10.1039/c5cc06910f

Unexpected formal insertion of CO2 into the C-Si bonds of a zinc compound

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Nov 11;51(87):15804-7. doi: 10.1039/c5cc06910f.

Authors

Genette I McGrew¹, Pathik A Khatri¹, William E Geiger¹, Richard A Kemp², Rory Waterman¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA. rory.waterman@uvm.edu.
² Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA and Advanced Materials Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106, USA. rakemp@sandia.gov.

PMID: 26365304
DOI: 10.1039/c5cc06910f

Abstract

Reaction of [κ2-PR2C(SiMe3)Py]2Zn (R = Ph, 2a; iPr, 2b) with CO2 affords the products of formal insertion at the C–Si bond, [κ2-PR2CC(O)O(SiMe3)Py]2Zn (R = Ph, 3a; iPr, 3b). Insertion product 3b was structurally characterized. The reaction appears to be a stepwise insertion and rearrangement of CO2 based on kinetic data.