title: Rhodium-catalyzed synthesis of silafluorene derivatives via cleavage of silicon-hydrogen and carbon-hydrogen bonds.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Tsushima, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomonari
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ureshino
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Yoichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuninobu
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takai