title: Rhodium-catalyzed intramolecular silylation of unactivated C(sp3)-H bonds.
abstract: The treatment of a variety of hydrosilanes, each incorporating a benzylic C(sp(3))-H bond, with a rhodium catalyst resulted in intramolecular dehydrogenative silylation. This silylation reaction was found to occur at typically unreactive C(sp(3))-H bonds located at terminal positions on alkyl chains. Interestingly, the rhodium catalyst also promoted regioselective silylation at a site internal to an alkyl chain.
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushimanaka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan. kuninobu@mol.f.u-tokyo.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuninobu
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakahara
authors.forename: Hirotaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takeshima
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takai