Selective hydrosilylation of allyl chloride with trichlorosilane

Hydrosilylation of allyl chloride with trichlorosilane is industrially important but often proceeds unselectively. Here a Rh(I) catalyst which achieves 99% selectivity on gram scale is described, based on bidentate phosphine ligands.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Koya Inomata, Yuki Naganawa, Zhi An Wang, Kei Sakamoto, Kazuhiro Matsumoto, Kazuhiko Sato, Yumiko Nakajima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-05-01
Series:Communications Chemistry
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-021-00502-5