中文名称 | 英文名称 | CAS号 | 化学式 | 分子量 |
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甲基苯基二甲氧基硅烷 | dimethoxy(methyl)phenylsilane | 3027-21-2 | C9H14O2Si | 182.294 |
PhMeSiH2 reduces ethyl benzoate in the presence of a Cp2TiMe2 (Cp = η5-cyclopentadienyl) catalyst to give PhMeSi(OEt)(OCH2Ph) (1). Small to moderate amounts of toluene are also produced, depending on the reaction conditions. Under 40 psi of H2 the same reaction gives quantitative reduction of the ester to toluene. PhCHO is reduced, under the same conditions as the ester, to a mixture of PhMeSi(OCH2Ph)2 and toluene in proportions similar to that observed with the ester. A stoichiometric reaction of PhMeSiH2, PhCOOEt, and Cp2TiMe2 resulted in the formation of known [Cp2Ti(OEt)]2 (2) in 75% isolated yield. A mechanism is proposed in which the C=O of the ester inserts into a TiH bond. A Ti-mediated transfer of the ethoxy group from the resulting (α-ethoxy)benzyloxytitanium intermediate to silicon produces PhMeSi(OEt)H and PhCHO. 1 is generated via hydrosilation of PhCHO by PhMeSi(OEt)H. Both β- and γ-butyrolactones react with PhMeSiH2 in the presence of a catalytic amount of Cp2TiMe2 to produce copolymers -[O-PhMeSi-O(CH2)3CHR]n- (R = H, 3; R = Me, 4) (Mw [Formula: see text] 1 × 103; Mw/Mn [Formula: see text] 1.3). A mechanism analogous to that proposed for the ethyl benzoate reduction is proposed. A reaction of PhMeSiH2 and γ-butyrolactone with a stoichiometric amount of Cp2TiMe2 in the presence of tetrahydofuran (THF) produces Cp2Ti(µ-H)(µ-η1,η5-C5H4)Ti(OC4H8)Cp(5) (65% isolated yield) whose structure is determined by X-ray crystallography.Key words: hydrosilation, esters, lactones, titanocene, catalysis.