Borane-catalyzed cross-metathesis strategy for facile transformation of cyclic (alkyl)(amino)germylenes

• Main Authors: Rao, Bin, Wang, Liliang, Kinjo, Rei
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Science::Chemistry; Borane; Germylene
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146199
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A borane B(C6 F5 )3 -catalyzed metathesis reaction between the Si-C bond in the cyclic (alkyl)(amino)germylene (CAAGe) 1 and the Si-H bond in a silane (R3 SiH; 2) is reported. Mechanistic studies propose that the initial step of the reaction involves Si-H bond activation to furnish an ionic species...