title: User-Friendly Platinum Catalysts for the Highly Stereoselective Hydrosilylation of Alkynes and Alkenes.
abstract: With a view to addressing the shortcomings of traditional catalysts, a new generation of outstanding N-heterocyclic carbene platinum(0) complexes for the hydrosilylation of unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds is reported. Their discovery and application to the stereoselective addition of various silanes to silylated alkynes, terminal acetylenes, and olefins is presented. Insights into the catalytic cycle and the origin of the stereoselectivity are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Médicinale, Université catholique de Louvain, IMCN/MOST, Bâtiment Lavoisier, Place Louis Pasteur 1 bte L4.01.02, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium).
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dierick
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Médicinale, Université catholique de Louvain, IMCN/MOST, Bâtiment Lavoisier, Place Louis Pasteur 1 bte L4.01.02, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium).
authors.forename: Emilie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vercruysse
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Médicinale, Université catholique de Louvain, IMCN/MOST, Bâtiment Lavoisier, Place Louis Pasteur 1 bte L4.01.02, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium).
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Berthon-Gelloz
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Médicinale, Université catholique de Louvain, IMCN/MOST, Bâtiment Lavoisier, Place Louis Pasteur 1 bte L4.01.02, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium). istvan.marko@uclouvain.be.
authors.forename: István E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Markó
keywords: carbenes; homogeneous catalysis; hydrosilylation; platinum; silanes