Norbornadiene as an efficient hydrogen scavenger for the palladium-catalyzed conversion of hydrosilanes to alkoxysilanes.
A palladium-catalyzed mild and efficient method for the alcoholysis of hydrosilanes containing a C=C bond in the presence of norbornadiene (NBD) is reported. The highly strained NBD acts as a hydrogen scavenger, which abstracts the hydrogen produced during the process, protecting the C=C bond from being hydrogenated.
Sudhakar
Sundarraj
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Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Luh
Tien-Yau
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