Rhodium-catalyzed coupling of 2-silylphenylboronic acids with alkynes leading to benzosiloles: catalytic cleavage of the carbon-silicon bond in trialkylsilyl groups.
The reaction of 2-(trimethylsilyl)phenylboronic acid with alkynes in the presence of a rhodium catalyst affords benzosilole derivatives. The arylvinylrhodium intermediate undergoes formal substitution at a silicon center, resulting in the cleavage of a robust silicon-methyl bond in the trimethylsilyl group.
Frontier Research Base for Global Young Researchers, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Mamoru
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Tobisu
Masahiro
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Onoe
Yusuke
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Kita
Naoto
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Chatani