title: Iron-catalyzed dehydrogenative coupling of tertiary silanes.
abstract: A variety of tertiary silanes, even those with functional substituents, undergo an unprecedented iron-catalyzed dehydrogenative coupling (see scheme) in a convenient approach to disilanes, including unsymmetrical disilanes and polymers with Si-Si bonds in the backbone. Consideration of the catalytic reaction pathway revealed the intermediacy of a hydrido(disilyl)iron(IV) complex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan.
authors.forename: Masumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Itazaki
authors.forename: Kensuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakazawa