title: N-Heterocyclic Olefin Catalyzed Silylation and Hydrosilylation Reactions of Hydroxyl and Carbonyl Compounds.
abstract: N-Heterocyclic olefins (NHOs), the alkylidene derivatives of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs), have recently emerged as a new family of promising organocatalysts with strong nucleophilicity and Brønsted basicity. The development of a novel method is shown using NHOs as efficient promoters for the direct dehydrogenative silylation of alcohols or hydrosilylation of carbonyl compounds. Preliminary results of the first NHO-promoted asymmetric synthesis are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales , Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.|Institute of Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University , Landoltweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Uǧur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales , Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
authors.forename: Uyen P N
authors.initials: UP
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.affiliation: Institute of Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University , Landoltweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Enders
authors.affiliation: Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science Technology and Research, 1 Fusionopolis Way, #16-16 Connexis North, Singapore 138632.
authors.forename: Junming
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-9381-924X
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales , Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
authors.forename: Thanh V
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-0757-9970
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Nguyen