title: Silacyclopropylideneplatinum(0) Complex as a Robust and Efficient Hydrosilylation Catalyst.
abstract: The base-stabilized silacyclopropylidene 1 behaves as a versatile strongly nucleophilic ligand toward transition metals. The strong silylene-metal binding related to both increased σ-donating and π-accepting character of silylene 1 compared to N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) allowed the synthesis of robust and air-stable silylene complexes. Of particular interest, the corresponding platinum(0) complex 6 exhibits high stability and a high level of selectivity and catalytic activity in hydrosilylation reactions that is superior to that of the related NHC-Pt(0) complexes.
authors.affiliation: Université de Toulouse, UPS, and CNRS , LHFA UMR 5069, F-31062 Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Thibault
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Troadec
authors.affiliation: Université de Toulouse, UPS, and CNRS , LHFA UMR 5069, F-31062 Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Amparo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prades
authors.affiliation: Université de Toulouse, UPS, and CNRS , LHFA UMR 5069, F-31062 Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.affiliation: Université de Toulouse, UPS, and CNRS , LHFA UMR 5069, F-31062 Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Raphael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mirgalet
authors.affiliation: Université de Toulouse, UPS, and CNRS , LHFA UMR 5069, F-31062 Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baceiredo
authors.affiliation: Université de Toulouse, UPS, and CNRS , ICT FR2599, 118 route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saffon-Merceron
authors.affiliation: Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , 08193 Bellaterra, Spain.
authors.forename: Vicenç
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Branchadell
authors.affiliation: Université de Toulouse, UPS, and CNRS , LHFA UMR 5069, F-31062 Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato