Volume 52, Issue 33 pp. 8625-8628
Communication

SiSi and SiO Bond Activation at Platinum: Stepwise Formation of a SiH3 Complex

Dipl.-Chem. Cathérine Mitzenheim

Dipl.-Chem. Cathérine Mitzenheim

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Chemistry, Brook-Taylor-Strasse 2, 12489 Berlin (Gemany)

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Prof. Dr. Thomas Braun

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Prof. Dr. Thomas Braun

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Chemistry, Brook-Taylor-Strasse 2, 12489 Berlin (Gemany)

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First published: 01 July 2013
Citations: 14

We would like to acknowledge the Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft for financial support. We are grateful to Dr. S. Mebs for the crystallography.

Graphical Abstract

The more, the better: Treatment of [Pt(H)2(dcpe)] (dcpe=1,2-bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)ethane) with stoichiometric amounts of silane leads to the bis(silyl) complex [Pt{Si(OMe)3}2(dcpe)], whereas the use of an excess silane results in hydrodealkoxylations by repetitive SiO bond activation and the formation of SiH3 ligands (see scheme; Cy=cyclohexyl).

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