Diorganotelluride-catalyzed oxidation of silanes to silanols under atmospheric oxygen.
Diorganotellurides efficiently catalyze the aerobic oxidation of organosilanes under photosensitized conditions to afford the corresponding silanols in excellent yield.
Okada
Yasunori
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Department of Materials Chemistry, Tokai University, 317 Nishino, Numazu, Shizuoka 410-0395, Japan.
Oba
Makoto
M
Arai
Atsushi
A
Tanaka
Kazuhito
K
Nishiyama
Kozaburo
K
Ando
Wataru
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