powerful tool for synthesizing organosilicons. However, chemodivergent synthesis of structurally diverse organosilicons via controllable C–Si bond activation remains challenging. Herein, we report a rhodium-catalyzed chemodivergent synthesis of organosilicons by controllable C–Si bond activation. This protocol enables the rapid synthesis of four types of organosilicons, including allyl silyl ethers
In the presence of catalytic amounts of PtCl(2) and metal iodides, beta-substituted vinylsilanes reacted with aldehydes at the beta-position to give allyl silyl ethers. The Pt-catalyzed addition to aromatic aldehydes proceeded efficiently in the presence of Lil. The combined use of PtCl(2) and Mnl(2) was found to be effective in addition to aliphatic aldehydes.