Base-Free Dehydrogenative Coupling of Enolizable Carbonyl Compounds with Silanes
摘要:
A dehydrogenative coupling between enolizable carbonyl compounds and equimolar amounts of triorganosilanes catalyzed by a tethered ruthenium complex with a Ru-S bond is reported. The complex Is assumed to fulfill a dual role by activating the Si-H bond to release a silicon electrophile and by abstracting an a-proton from the intermediate silylcarboxonium ion, only liberating dihydrogen as the sole byproduct. Reaction rates are exceedingly high at room temperature with very low loadings of the ruthenium catalyst.
The direct crossed aldolreaction of two electronically different acetophenone derivatives occurs during the dehydrogenative Si–O coupling of the more reactive component and the hydrosilane. The key intermediate is the corresponding silyl enol ether or, employing a hydroborane, a boron enolate.