Iron-Catalyzed Silylation of Alcohols by Transfer Hydrosilylation with Silyl Formates

Timothé Godou (1) , Clément Chauvier (1) , Pierre Thuéry (1) , Thibault Cantat (1)

1 LCMCE - Laboratoire de Chimie Moléculaire et de Catalyse pour l'Energie (ex LCCEF)

An iron catalyst is shown for the first time to promote transfer hydrosilylation with silyl formates and utilized for the silylation of alcohols. Attractive features of this protocol include the use of an earth abundant transition metal catalyst, mild reaction conditions and the release of gases as the only by-products (H2 and CO2).

Keywords: iron catalysis; silanes; alcohols; silyl formates; hydrosilanes; CO2; silylation

Domains: Material chemistry

Timothé Godou, Clément Chauvier, Pierre Thuéry, Thibault Cantat. Iron-Catalyzed Silylation of Alcohols by Transfer Hydrosilylation with Silyl Formates. SYNLETT, 2017, 28, pp.A-E. ⟨10.1055/s-0036-1591508⟩. ⟨cea-01621212⟩