title: Stoichiometric and catalytic Si-N bond formation using the p-block base Al(NMe2)3.
abstract: The aluminium amide Al(NMe2)3 acts as a stoichiometric or catalytic reagent in dehydrogenic Si-N bond formation using amines and silanes. Although of limited substrate scope, this represents the first p-block metal catalytic system for N-H/Si-H dehydrocoupling. The observed catalytic rate law for the formation of aminosilane products in a model study of one of the catalytic reactions suggests a mechanism involving the silane component in the deprotonation of the amine (possibly in the form of a hypervalent silicon hydride).
authors: University of Cambridge, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW, UK. dsw1000@cam.ac.uk.
authors: Lucy K
authors: LK
authors: Allen
authors: Raúl
authors: R
authors: García-Rodríguez
authors: Dominic S
authors: DS
authors: Wright