Multifunctional Catalytic Surface Design for Concerted Acceleration of One-Pot Hydrosilylation-CO2 Cycloaddition

Org Lett. 2019 Dec 6;21(23):9372-9376. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b03602. Epub 2019 Nov 19.

Abstract

Silica-supported Rh-ammonium iodide catalyst showed high performance for hydrosilylation-CO2 cycloaddition reaction sequences. The catalyst was prepared by surface grafting of Rh and the silane-coupling reaction of the ammonium iodide moiety. The acceleration of each catalytic reaction was realized due to the concerted catalysis between Rh species, immobilized organic functions, and surface Si-OH groups. As a result, good to excellent yields of silyl carbonates were obtained from epoxyolefins, hydrosilanes, and CO2 under mild reaction conditions.