title: Catalyst design for iron-promoted reductions: an iron disilyl-dicarbonyl complex bearing weakly coordinating η2-(H-Si) moieties.
abstract: Iron disilyl dicarbonyl complex 1, in which two H-Si moieties of the 1,2-bis(dimethylsilyl)benzene ligand were coordinated to the iron center in an η(2)-(H-Si) fashion, was synthesized by the reaction of (η(4)-C6H8)Fe(CO)3 with 2 equiv. of 1,2-bis(dimethylsilyl)benzene under photo-irradiation. Complex 1 demonstrated high catalytic activity toward the hydrogenation of alkenes, the hydrosilylation of alkenes and the reduction of carbonyl compounds.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering and Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, and CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan. nagasima@cm.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sunada
authors.forename: Hironori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsutsumi
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shigeta
authors.forename: Ryota
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagashima