Streamlined Construction of Silicon-Stereogenic Silanes by Tandem Enantioselective C-H Silylation/Alkene Hydrosilylation

J Am Chem Soc. 2020 Aug 5;142(31):13459-13468. doi: 10.1021/jacs.0c04863. Epub 2020 Jul 22.

Abstract

A rhodium-catalyzed tandem enantioselective C-H silylation/alkene hydrosilylation of dihydrosilanes, which enables the streamlined construction of a wide range of silicon-stereogenic silanes, is successfully developed. This process involves a SiH2-steered highly enantioselective C-H silylation to furnish the corresponding desymmetric monohydrosilanes, which are subsequently trapped with alkenes in a stereospecific fashion to build functionally diverse asymmetrically tetrasubstituted silanes. This general strategy combines readily available dihydrosilanes and alkenes to construct various enantioenriched silicon-stereogenic silanes, including 9-silafluorenes, Si-bridged ladder compounds, and benzosilolometallocenes, in a single step with good to excellent yields and enantioselectivities.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't