Rhodium-catalyzed synthesis of silafluorene derivatives via cleavage of silicon-hydrogen and carbon-hydrogen bonds.
The rhodium-catalyzed synthesis of silafluorenes from biphenylhydrosilanes is described. This highly efficient reaction proceeds via both Si-H and C-H bond activation, producing only H(2) as a side product. Using this method, a ladder-type bis-silicon-bridged p-terphenyl could also be synthesized.
Ureshino
Tomonari
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Division of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Tsushima, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan.
Yoshida
Takuya
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Kuninobu
Yoichiro
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Takai
Kazuhiko
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