Reactions of Secondary Silanes with [{Pr<sup>i</sup><sub>2</sub>PCH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>PPr<sup>i</sup><sub>2</sub>}Rh]<sub>2</sub>(μ-H)<sub>2</sub>. A Series of Dinuclear Silyl−Hydride Complexes and Their Possible Involvement in the Catalytic Hydrosilylation of Olefins
作者:Michael D. Fryzuk、Lisa Rosenberg、Steven J. Rettig
DOI:10.1021/om950450d
日期:1996.6.25
Addition of a 1 equiv of a secondary silane (RR'SiH2) to [(dippe)Rh](2)(mu-H)(2) (1) gives the complexes [(dippe)Rh](2)(mu-H)(mu-eta(2)-HSiRR') (2a, R = R' = Ph; 2b, R = R' = Me; 2c, R = Ph, R' = Me; dippe = 1,2-bis(diisopropylphosphino)ethane). X-ray diffraction studies of 2a,b confirm the presence of a three-center, two-electron, Rh-H-Si bond. The observed fluxionality of 2a-c in solution is due to exchange of the silicon and rhodium hydrides. Complexes 2a-c lose hydrogen in the presence of 1 equiv of carbon monoxide to give complexes 3a-c, [(dippe)Rh](2)(mu-SiRR')(mu-CO). A catalytic cycle is proposed for the hydrosilylation of olefins by diphenylsilane to give Ph(2)SiR(2) (R = Et) or Ph(2)SiHR (R = Bu), which occurs in the presence of 1, One of the active species is thought to be [(dippe)Rh](2)(mu-H)(mu-eta(2)-HSiPh(2)) (2a).