Issue 5, 2020

Homocoupling of CO and isocyanide mediated by a C,C′-bis(silylenyl)-substituted ortho-carborane

Abstract

The unexpected reactivity of the o-carborane supported bis-silylene [(LSi:)C]2B10H101 {L= PhC(tBuN)2} towards carbon monoxide and 2,6-dimethylphenyl isocyanide is reported. While the reaction of 1 with CO leads selectively to the novel head-to-head coupling and C–O cleavage product 2 from two molecules 1 and four molecules CO, the reaction of 1 with 2,6-dimethylphenyl isocyanide affords solely the 1 : 2 molar head-to-tail coupling product 3 with a Si[double bond, length as m-dash]C bond.

Graphical abstract: Homocoupling of CO and isocyanide mediated by a C,C′-bis(silylenyl)-substituted ortho-carborane

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
06 Nov 2019
Accepted
10 Dec 2019
First published
10 Dec 2019
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Commun., 2020,56, 747-750

Homocoupling of CO and isocyanide mediated by a C,C′-bis(silylenyl)-substituted ortho-carborane

Y. Xiong, S. Yao, T. Szilvási, A. Ruzicka and M. Driess, Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 747 DOI: 10.1039/C9CC08680C

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